Block Trump’s $10 Billion Board of Peace Scam
Block Trump’s $10 Billion Board of Peace Scam Trump’s Board of Peace would create a $10 billion slush fund with weak oversight and broad personal control. Congress must block this power grab now. Laurie Woodward Garcia and People Power United Mar 18 Block Trump’s $10 Billion Board of Peace Scam Friends, the most dangerous abuses of power do not always arrive with tanks or sirens. Sometimes they arrive wrapped in words like peace , order , and reconstruction . That is what makes Trump’s so-called Board of Peace so alarming. At its first meeting on February 19, Trump announced that the United States would contribute $10 billion to the board after saying other nations had pledged another $7 billion. But Reuters reported that he did not explain where the U.S. money would come from or whether he would even seek approval from Congress. That is not responsible leadership. That is an attempted blank check. And no...