Trump told the Iraqi PM he wanted to seize their oil to pay for the Iraq War - Polidicks

https://www.axios.com/trump-to-iraqi-pm-how-about-that-oil-1a31cbfa-f20c-4767-8d18-d518ed9a6543.html President Trump twice raised to the Iraqi prime minister the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi oil, a highly controversial ask that runs afoul of international norms and logic, according to sources with direct knowledge. Trump appears to have finally given up on this idea, but until now it hasn't been revealed that as president he's raised the concept twice with Iraq's prime minister and brought it up separately in the Situation Room with his national security team. In March last year, at the end of a White House meeting with Iraq's then-Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Trump brought up the subject of taking oil from Iraq to reimburse the United States for the costs of the war there. "It was a very run-of-the-mill, low-key, meeting in general," a source who was in the room told Axios. "And then right at the end, Trump says something to the effect of, he gets a little smirk on his face and he says, 'So what are we going to do about the oil?'" The Iraqi prime minister replied, "What do you mean?" according to the source in the room. "And Trump's like, 'Well, we did a lot, we did a lot over there, we spent trillions over there, and a lot of people have been talking about the oil.'" Al-Abadi "had clearly prepared," the source added, "and he said something like, 'Well, you know Mr. President, we work very closely with a lot of American companies and American energy companies have interests in our country,'" the source added. "He was smirking. And the president just kind of tapped his hand on the table as if to say 'I had to ask.'" "I remember thinking, 'Wow. He said it. He couldn't help himself,'" the source said. A second source who was in the room confirmed this account. "It was a look down and reach for your coffee moment," the second source said. A third source, who was briefed at the time on the conversation between Trump and al-Abadi, said the back and forth "made its rounds" around the National Security Council. "It was still early on in the administration, and we were all still trying to figure out how this was going to go, and so it was one of those horror stories … he's really going to do this." Trump's national security team has mostly pushed back on or ignored these desires to raid Middle Eastern natural resources. The president raised the issue of oil again with al-Abadi on a phone call in the summer of 2017. The conversation was vague and didn’t go anywhere, but H.R. McMaster admonished Trump afterward, according to a source with direct knowledge. Holy SHIT

I love this image.

What the fuck does that even mean?

On the campaign trail, Trump complained that the U.S. had spent trillions in Iraq and lost thousands of lives but got "nothing" in return. He lamented that usually in war "to the victor belong the spoils" and he repeatedly said the U.S. should have seized Iraq's oilfields as reimbursement for the steep costs of the war. He wants Iraq to cede control of their oilfields because he's insane. Bush must be like "whoa dude pump the brakes"

How did he get by for this many years without someone bashing him across the face

I literally had the same opinion when I was 14 years old lol

He's literally tweeting like a 14 year old. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1066689688600281088

What a sentences. "What about the OIL?" just, like that. This guy..

This motherfucker's salting the earth when it comes to the US' relations with other countries.

He's been groomed for decades by KGB and post-Soviet actors to be President, it's their plan.

Do we have to bring this back? http://i.imgur.com/YbsFzju.png

Makes me think of the Dave Chapelle skit "Bitch who said anything about oil?"

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/223911/59ad49ab-1dbb-4a4a-b19d-b32eff52a0fe/thats-bullshit-but-i-believe-it-me-irl-2485846.png

Did this dude just thank himself and call himself "President T"? Also this tweet is even more incoherent than his usual spouts.

That just makes me wish Mr T was president

you need to pay for the illegal war we started by invading your country on a false premise to take your oil with your oil

Why does it say England but use the British flag.

People in the US tend to merge England, the United Kingdom, and Great Britain and use the terms as synonyms.

https://i.imgur.com/uNSWbhB.png

I'm just waiting for the moment where he turns to Netanyahu and outright says "Hey you know what? Hitler was a good guy!"

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*XLwuX5q8NpxkjthKMuOtAg.jpeg

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/205984/51e3f6b6-e8e8-4027-ba35-048c22009139/image.png

Fucking blue’s clues? Fuck I totally forgot about that show

A lot of United Statesians are too dumb to even know there's a difference. (Though to be fair I even have to stop and think on the difference between Great Britain and the UK most of the time.)

Jesus butt-fucking Christ what an absolute imbecile. That bus can't come soon enough.

I mean I don't expect Brits to know things like why there's a West Virginia or why Michigan owns the Upper Peninsula.

That requires knowing history though. You don't need to know history to know the difference between the UK, England, and Great Britain. That's largely a matter of geography which is quite simple in comparison.

I know the first one and not the second, but knowing that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not England feels like something Americans should be clued up on, especially considering all the Hollywood films where there are both accurate and inaccurate portrayals of the rifts between us.

How many times can we go to war with the same country in a single life time, jesus