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Billions of dollars STOLLEN at USAID (Original Post) KS Toronado Feb 2025 OP
Let them eat German fruit bread. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #1
Oh, you beat me to it. Tweedy Feb 2025 #8
I'm sure it will be. Think. Again. Feb 2025 #2
He is projecting. gab13by13 Feb 2025 #3
Every accusation is a confession. yardwork Feb 2025 #29
yummm, stollen! hlthe2b Feb 2025 #4
Utter bullshit! MineralMan Feb 2025 #5
...I don't think that I can take it Cirsium Feb 2025 #25
Just popped into my head. MineralMan Feb 2025 #38
OK, boonecreek Feb 2025 #6
Gee, I wonder who did the stealing? Initech Feb 2025 #7
"Stollen", not "stealing"! Ray Bruns Feb 2025 #21
So... German dessert bread? Initech Feb 2025 #32
Apparently. Ray Bruns Feb 2025 #36
Billions huh. He is off a few zeros too. Norbert Feb 2025 #9
"You mean, "*I* stole millions from USAID", Dump sakabatou Feb 2025 #10
Yup in every accusation by Trump you will find a confession. Botany Feb 2025 #35
Stop! You're making me hungry! Lulu KC Feb 2025 #11
Sorry about that Lulu, since I made you hungry guess I better feed you. KS Toronado Feb 2025 #52
Go, Chiefies! Lulu KC Feb 2025 #53
Just found this KS Toronado Feb 2025 #59
Ease off on the caps key, big boy. Hugin Feb 2025 #12
The more bizarre his posts the more paranoid he is Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 #13
Why can't someone sue this lying sack of shit for defamation? Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #14
Well, in this case, he's not naming any specific entity. ShazzieB Feb 2025 #43
Is there orange stains on it ? republianmushroom Feb 2025 #15
Well, stollen makes a much better currency than crypto Blaukraut Feb 2025 #16
Confessions of an insane man-toddler Blue Owl Feb 2025 #17
they just make up whatever bullshit they want no matter how wild eShirl Feb 2025 #18
So Musk just diverted billions of dollars to...somewhere. That's what we should all take Wingus Dingus Feb 2025 #19
Shut the fuck up, Donnie. GoCubsGo Feb 2025 #20
AND GET OFF MY LAWN!!! Old man yells at clouds and then fall asleep Evolve Dammit Feb 2025 #22
That would explain why the MSM has been awash with positive stories about Democrats handing out foreign aid. meadowlander Feb 2025 #23
Yum, stollen is delicious! JoseBalow Feb 2025 #24
My niece's dog thinks so, too! keep_left Feb 2025 #40
Stollen bites Celerity Feb 2025 #58
Liar sinkingfeeling Feb 2025 #26
That's a lot of dough. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 #27
I see what you did there JoseBalow Feb 2025 #45
It was so nice having Joe Biden as president and waking up every day madaboutharry Feb 2025 #28
trump has trouble with that word LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #30
And he just keeps on misspelling it... keep_left Feb 2025 #39
Good catch remembering that. KS Toronado Feb 2025 #49
Psychopaths often accuse their victims of the crimes they themselves commit. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #31
The guy's a jenius! I tell ya! bif Feb 2025 #33
Donald Trump Just Committed One Of His Favorite Misspellings And Readers Can't Even LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #34
drumpf is an illiterate buffoon JoseBalow Feb 2025 #46
Give him a break, his auto-correct is set to German Rstrstx Feb 2025 #47
"Stollen"? Aristus Feb 2025 #37
Looked but missed that you already posted this (I duplicated it) apologies -- allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #41
Lie with abandon. Passages Feb 2025 #42
money spent on German yeasted fruit bread!? bigtree Feb 2025 #44
And Fox news got how much? proud patriot Feb 2025 #48
GET THE NET...LOCO spanone Feb 2025 #50
The dipshit doesn't even use auto correct! Lunabell Feb 2025 #51
"Stollen" is spelled correctly tho JoseBalow Feb 2025 #62
Billions of dollars in stollen? Buns_of_Fire Feb 2025 #54
This meme was made for him. KS Toronado Feb 2025 #55
USAID doesn't receive billions of dollars so how could billions have been "stollen"? 🤔 Deuxcents Feb 2025 #56
Idiot does not know how to spell "stolen" where is his nanny? kerry-is-my-prez Feb 2025 #57
Can Congress pass a bill that requires future POTUS' to complete a High School education LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #60
I'd be happy with a live nationally televised cognitive test KS Toronado Feb 2025 #61

Tweedy

(1,284 posts)
8. Oh, you beat me to it.
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 12:51 PM
Feb 2025

Bravo!

Meanwhile, tuberculosis gets to spread and polio gets another shot. I wager this president is vaccinated against both.

Destroying the best things America does
That is today’s GOP for you.

Botany

(74,429 posts)
35. Yup in every accusation by Trump you will find a confession.
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 03:59 PM
Feb 2025

There is no way he won legitimately.

KS Toronado

(21,054 posts)
52. Sorry about that Lulu, since I made you hungry guess I better feed you.
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 11:32 PM
Feb 2025


Save me a little for the big game.

Hugin

(36,231 posts)
12. Ease off on the caps key, big boy.
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 01:03 PM
Feb 2025

Take a deep breath and tell us about it.

He must be getting worked up about the Super Bowl.



Trump rule #4: “All accusations are confessions.”

ShazzieB

(20,906 posts)
43. Well, in this case, he's not naming any specific entity.
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 05:38 PM
Feb 2025

As long as he doesn't name names, nobody can file suit saying "He defamed ME!"

I suspect he is aware of this.

Wingus Dingus

(9,091 posts)
19. So Musk just diverted billions of dollars to...somewhere. That's what we should all take
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 02:21 PM
Feb 2025

from this. Every accusation a confession.

meadowlander

(4,920 posts)
23. That would explain why the MSM has been awash with positive stories about Democrats handing out foreign aid.
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 03:33 PM
Feb 2025

Oh wait...

I literally can't remember a single story about that ever.

keep_left

(2,934 posts)
40. My niece's dog thinks so, too!
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 04:51 PM
Feb 2025

One Sunday morning, her dog grabbed a stollen off the countertop, still wrapped from the bakery, and dragged it over to the couch to rip it apart. We called it "the case of the stolen stollen".

And yes, the cleanup took forever. At least it was mostly powdered sugar, and stollens aren't especially greasy, so it could have been worse.

Celerity

(50,359 posts)
58. Stollen bites
Fri Feb 7, 2025, 12:54 AM
Feb 2025
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/stollen-bites



Prep:45 mins
Cook:35 mins
plus 2 hrs soaking and at least 3 hrs proving and setting

Makes 25-36

Turn stollen into bite-size treats. With squidgy, sweet bread studded with fruit and wrapped in marzipan, it’s easy to see why this German bake is so popular.

Ingredients

150g sultanas
300g plain flour
plus extra for dusting
7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
1 tbsp caster sugar
¼ tsp ground cardamom
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
150ml whole milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 medium egg
1 lemon
zested
100g glacé cherries
roughly chopped
flavourless oil
for proving
250g marzipan
100g icing sugar
plus extra for dusting
75g unsalted butter

Method

step 1
Put the sultanas in a heatproof bowl and pour over 100ml hot water from the kettle. Leave to soak for at least 2 hrs, or overnight.

step 2
Tip the flour, yeast, caster sugar, spices and 1 tsp salt into a large bowl. Heat the milk in a pan over a low heat or microwave until just warm, but do not boil. Whisk the vanilla and egg into the warm milk, and pour into the dry ingredients. Use your hands to combine everything into a soft dough, then tip out onto a work surface and knead for 8-10 mins until soft and springy. (You can also do this in a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, for 5 mins.)

snip

madaboutharry

(41,963 posts)
28. It was so nice having Joe Biden as president and waking up every day
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 03:38 PM
Feb 2025

knowing that the President of The United States would not be posting crazy shit on social media.

LetMyPeopleVote

(164,801 posts)
30. trump has trouble with that word
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 03:44 PM
Feb 2025


Donald Trump,

"Stollen" is a sweet, dessert bread from Germany, often made and served around Christmas.

"Stolen" is what your crew of dimwit minions have done in taking money from the American people that funded federal agencies, you fucking putz.

LetMyPeopleVote

(164,801 posts)
34. Donald Trump Just Committed One Of His Favorite Misspellings And Readers Can't Even
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 03:49 PM
Feb 2025

This is the 24th time that TFG has used this misspelling. That is sad



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-stollen_n_67a4ef56e4b0d1a51c62f8d1

It’s a new presidency but the same old Donald Trump when it comes to a certain misspelling.

On Thursday, he spelled “stolen” as “stollen” in a bogus claim on Truth Social about the U.S. Agency for International Development and media outlets.

“LOOKS LIKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN STOLLEN AT USAID, AND OTHER AGENCIES, MUCH OF IT GOING TO THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA AS A ‘PAYOFF’ FOR CREATING GOOD STORIES ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS,” he wrote.

If dollars were “stollen,” they’d look like the delicious German Christmas bread that’s similar to fruitcake. That’s what stollen actually is.

And as many have joked before, it would probably taste great with “covfefe,” one of Trump’s most memorable blunders.

But “stollen” clearly has an important place in his typo-ridden heart.

This is at least the 24th time Trump has incorrectly used “stollen” on social media since March 5, 2019.

Rstrstx

(1,598 posts)
47. Give him a break, his auto-correct is set to German
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 07:16 PM
Feb 2025

Goebbels’ lines can be tricky to translate sometimes.

Aristus

(70,166 posts)
37. "Stollen"?
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 04:12 PM
Feb 2025

Well, Drumpf is a kraut, so sooner or later he is going to lauf zurück zum Muttersprache.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,502 posts)
54. Billions of dollars in stollen?
Thu Feb 6, 2025, 11:46 PM
Feb 2025

That's a lot of stollen. Maybe stollen is the new Dogecoin? Cryptostollen?

It's easier than "mining" doggycoins. Just bake up a batch and buy that new Cybertruck you've been dreaming of!

I won't call him a drooling idiot. That would be far too generous. Besides, I reserve the term "drooling idiot" for the people who voted for him.

KS Toronado

(21,054 posts)
61. I'd be happy with a live nationally televised cognitive test
Fri Feb 7, 2025, 05:53 PM
Feb 2025

just to watch how confused he gets with simple things.

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