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Blackvegetable » 38 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... ast-deals/
Trump is taking credit for Middle East deals that predate his presidency
In Doha, the administration announced $8.5 billion in projects involving the Texas energy company McDermott, including one focused on Qatar’s liquefied natural gas expansion. But the company previously announced contracts for that initiative during Joe Biden’s presidency, in 2023 and 2024.
When Trump was in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, the White House announced $200 billion in “new” commercial deals with the UAE. Much of the corporate funding came from a cloud-computing deal between Amazon and the UAE state-owned telecommunications company e&, which the White House claimed would contribute $181 billion for the local economy by 2033. But Amazon had already announced that contract in October, and the company had committed only about $1 billion over six years. The $181 billion estimate came from an Amazon-sponsored study, and it was a broad calculation of how much the UAE could increase its gross domestic product if it started using more cloud services.
The White House did not explain why its announcements included deals that predate Trump’s presidency.
He's gonna have to split that plane he's taking as commissions with The Great Deal Maker who preceded him.
Choke ***.