Trump Admin Lifts Unexplained Months-Long Hold On Military Aid To Lebanon

President Donald Trump’s administration has unfrozen the $105 million in congressionally approved military aid to Lebanon that it had been withholding since September without explanation.


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I’m assuming an article will be published in the very near future that will explain the unexplained. And I’m guessing, news of this article was leaked to the White House, which would explain the sudden release.

Of course, this is total speculation on my part. I mean, it’s not like anything like that has happened before.

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How many more “unexplained delays” in funding or other Congressionally mandated activities are out there that we don’t know about? We will learn what happened here at some point, the reasons why things were held up will eventually be leaked by someone, or we’ll see an action by Lebanon that helps Trump (or something will happen in the area that can be connected to this).

We’re really looking at a lawless administration at this point, one that things their choices are all that matters, and the laws that uphold the nation are irrelevant when confronted with their wishes. They just need to go, and be replaced with a new administration that will follow the law again…at this point we can only depend on the Democrats to produce that.

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Either that, or Lebanon will be holding a press conference about how the DNC set up an office within the Ukraine Embassy in their country for the purposes of purchasing bulk copies of “Triggered” to make Don Jr. look bad.

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I suspect they will claim that there never was a hold. Oh well.

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Did the Lebanese finally admitted to having physical possession of the DNC server?

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I dont understand why Trump would do this. Is Lebanon going to investigate Biden? Did he have Guiliani’s permission? Any ambassadors get fired? Puzzling.

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Jared’s kickback check bounced, or he kept the whole check and told Trump it got lost in the mail and Jared can’t give Trump his cut until they cancel it and send a new one, or—well, you get the idea.

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Donnie couldn’t identify Lebanon on a map.

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If money goes out, a favor must come back.

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Have any of the Bidens ever been to Lebanon?

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The mystery enshrouding the aid to Lebanon closely mirrors the administration’s unexplained freeze on military aid to Ukraine.

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How long until the Equal Justice Under Law motto above the SCOTUS entrance is changed to Grifters Gotta Grift to cater for all of Trump’s malfeasance that comes before the court.

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Beat me to it — I’m wondering what Trump’s grifting from the Lebanese Government to get this aid.

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I assume that we’ll be hearing about another held up whisteblower’s report soon.

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He can’t see or identify his feet, either.

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Everyone’s assuming it was a grift from the Lebanese, but maybe it was Bibi’s check that bounced?

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I think this is an impeachable offense

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Is this due to Miller’s influence? Netanyahu’s?

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