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Rhiannon12866

(244,815 posts) Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:05 AM Yesterday

Trump picks a bad time to set vivid example of authoritarian self-dealing - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Rachel Maddow looks at recent examples of Donald Trump using the power of American taxpayers to cut deals for himself and his friends and family, and focuses on the especially galling case of Trump and his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, sending an extraordinary $20 billion to bail out Argentina at a time when the U.S. government is closed for lack of funding. - Aired on 10/13/2025.

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Trump picks a bad time to set vivid example of authoritarian self-dealing - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Yesterday OP

I believe Qatar is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable. soldierant Yesterday #1

Thanks for letting me know! I'm lucky I can spell it... Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #2

Hey, I'm lucky I can spell a lot of things. soldierant 20 hrs ago #4

Yet it's becoming a lot more important on the world stage thanks to TFG... Rhiannon12866 20 hrs ago #6

Rachel was great last night LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #3

I sure agree, she covered all the important bases! Rhiannon12866 20 hrs ago #5

soldierant

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1. I believe Qatar is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable.

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Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:52 AM

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(Which would make sense. Catarrh is something totally different.) But I only learned this recently. I guess very few people know. It isn't exactly a big or powerful nation with lots of influence. Or at least it never has been.