Looter-in-chief

[mia]

Whatever he says, Trump's basic motivation is personal gain and glory. I can't believe any part of his latest spin about Afghanistan.

The victor, the spoils? Trump eyes Afghanistan's elusive mineral riches

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is eyeing Afghanistan's mineral wealth to help pay for a 16-year war and reconstruction efforts that have already cost $117 billion. Investors who have studied the country, one of the world's most dangerous, say that is a pipe dream.

Ever since a United States Geological Survey study a decade ago identified deposits later estimated to have a potential value of as much as $1 trillion, both Afghan and foreign officials have trumpeted the reserves as a likely key to economic independence for Afghanistan.

As well as deposits of gold, silver and platinum, Afghanistan has significant quantities of iron ore, uranium, zinc, tantalum, bauxite, coal, natural gas and significant copper - a particular draw given the dearth of rich new copper mines globally.

Afghanistan, some reports say, even has the potential to become "the Saudi Arabia of lithium", thanks to deposits of the raw material used in phone and electric car batteries....

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-minerals-idUSKCN1B102L

[Vinca]

1. I'd love to know what the Trump family is investing in.

[raven mad]

2. I've been saying this since he was just a candidate.

But do the alt-right or Republicans of other stripes listen?

[sharedvalues]

3. Grifter in chief. Stealing Americans' tax money and putting it into his own pockets.

When he gets impeached we better claw back these ill-gotten profits.

From Jared and his kids too.

[CrispyQ]

4. He's not going to be impeached & his ill gotten gains will not be taken.

He & his grifter kids might not make the billions they'd hoped for, since dad's such a loser, but they will still make a ton of money & they will live large on the taxpayers dime.

[dalton99a]

5. True - because Republicans are not going to do a damn thing about it

[CrispyQ]

6. DIsgusting, isn't it?

If Obama had run up a Secret Service tally like the Con the GOP outrage would wipe out all the noise of the universe. Such goddamned, fucking hypocrites. It's impacted my feelings toward people I know who identify as republican. I've avoided all of them since the election. My BIL called last night & I let it go to vmail. Hubby can deal with him. Not sure I can even be civil to him. "We just wanted change," he told me after the election. Well, asshole, you're gonna get it.

[dalton99a]

7. Yep. The only change is pervasive corruption and massive looting

on an unprecedented scale, while the populace is distracted by the division and hatred that he created

[Gothmog]

8. You cannot steal a country's mineral wealth