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Bettie

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8. Raise your hand if you think he means "The US will share profits from the tolls" rather than

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:46 AM

Apr 8

"I will pocket half the money from the tolls".

I believe that he is stealing our treasury and no one is willing to tell him no.

And before anyone starts with "there are laws and rules in place to keep that from happening!"....look around. Rules literally don't apply to him...and anyone who was willing to tell him no is gone.

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"Let's share the protection money" dalton99a Apr 8 #2

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Start opening your already strained wallets again as this fiasco develops. Firestorm49 Apr 8 #12

How bizarre, as usual mdbl Apr 8 #13

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