The New York Times on Monday published a blockbuster report detailing how US President Donald Trump’s administration gave the United Arab Emirates access to high-powered artificial intelligence chips just days after receiving a massive investment in Trump’s cryptocurrency startup.

As the Times report documented, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) ruling family, had one of his investment firms deposit $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, the startup founded by members of the Trump family and the family of Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

Just two weeks later, wrote the Times, “the White House agreed to allow the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of the world’s most advanced and scarce computer chips, a crucial tool in the high-stakes race to dominate artificial intelligence,” despite national security concerns about these chips being shared with China.

NYT Archive Article: https://archive.is/IIcca

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      To be fair, he has suffered consequences, like Jean Carol, humiliations by Obama, tons of companies going under, etc. He just blames others for it, so it doesn’t mean much. He’s not a happy dude either and his health is deteriorating fast. I just think they’re not equal to his crimes.

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        his health is deteriorating fast.

        The man is nearly in his '80s… He could be the happiest man in the world and his health would likely be deteriorating.

        That he’s lived so long when better men have died early is proof enough that God doesn’t exist.

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    Lol, I guess we now know why he had a tantrum last night and is suing the NYT for 15 billion dollars.

    Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

    President Donald Trump has added The New York Times to the list of media companies he’s challenged in court, filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit that targets four of its journalists in a book and three articles published within a two-month period before the last election.

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-b2a615192ebe2dcec859eb883368dfbb

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      And by doing so, he’s just calling more attention to something that was probably able to be brushed under the rug because of how fucking rich these people are

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        The NYT is owned 90% by a family who has owned it for over a 100 years. He might be barking up the wrong tree here. I fucking hope so.

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      What can we do about it? Tell me something I can go out and do today or this weekend. I’m sick of sitting on my hands. Feels like protests do nothing

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        You? Not much, people in government could do a lot, though. They won’t. but they could. The most you can do about this is grass roots campaigns to put pressure on your local reps to do something for you.

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    Idk guys this sounds like hate speech, don’t you know we can’t accuse the leaders in the regime of any crimes?