Sorry, Israel needs that money for war and genocide.
this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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You thought Trump would pay you too, huh? The line for that complaint is already out the door and around the corner. It's cold out so wear a sweater.
A Trump never pays thier bills.
It’s quite something when I really can’t decide if Joffrey would be a preferable king compared to Trump
Correction, 4Trilion!
Best we can do is install a Zionist owned mass surveillance system and give that money we owe you and all your data to Israel
which is basically palintir, with thiel being extremely obsessed with surveillance.
The digital ID scam is being sold to European governments to consolidate all of their citizens data in one place is a dangerous sceme by Larry Ellison and his company Oracle. Larry Ellison is just as dangerous as Thiel
At this point, I wouldn’t put it past Trump to print a 1 ounce silver coin with his face on both sides denominated at $4 billion and send it to the UN to claim the debt is settled.
Deposit it as legal tender in a bank and the UN is good to go again. The 4 billion should help pay to move UN headquarters out of a fascist shithole country. I recommend either Montreal, Dublin or Lisbon.
UN in Montreal would be banger. As a bonus, France would be forced to take québécois seriously
Maybe? I know the rules around specie are kinda wonky, and I definitely know that it’s been seriously proposed as a way to nominally pay off the debt without impacting the currency. I am definitely open to a “you’re misunderstanding the economics here” explanation though, because it’s always felt a bit hand-wavy to me.
Depositing a $2 trillion dollar coin to reduce the nominal debt would itself have relatively little impact on the.value of the dollar, since it's just in the essentially fake books of the US national government. Dollars, after all, are just coupons for "I am worth $1 towards any US government debt or court judgement."
Depositing a $2 billion coin with the UN, in contrast, would have exactly the same inflationary pressure as giving 200,000,000 Americans 2000 $1 coins.
Money isn't real. It is hand-wavy, because it's just an idea.
I especially feel that once people start trying to explain why this only works with a coin and would not work with a note.
I vote for Bern.
Jerusalem.
It can be where the UN standing army will be based.
Right. Because that changes what, exactly? Israel's influence on the US government is one of, if not the, primary cause of the current corruption.
Your idea smells like Zionist bullshit.
Thinking about it. I wouldn't mind the UN HQ being in Gaza. Sort of a reminder of what the world has allowed to happen again.
And yes, station a military force there to arrest a fuckload worth of what would be former IDF soldiers and settlers.
This i can get behind!
If trump creates a new fiat currency token and says the US backs it, couldnt the UN can put that token in the bank and their balance would read 4 billion, right?
Thats such a classic Trump FAFO move, I wouldnt be surprised if he tried it. They cant even do corruption correctly.
Stop giving them ideas
Isn't destroying the UN one of the stated goals of Project 2025? Yeah, this debt ain't being paid.
Going to be waiting a long time for that shithole to pay its debts.
Inb4 Trump places tariffs on and sues the UN
I'm sure he will pay it any day now
Congress could pass a bill to send payment directly, bypassing the president, if they republicans really wanted to. Assuming the Dems would support it, I suppose. You never know with them.
Actually, I suppose Israel wouldnt support it because they hate the UN, so the Dems wouldnt support it. When you come down to it, Israel controls this situation. The US funds 30% of the UN's budget and the US congress works for Israel.
Why would Israel hate the UN when they control veto power?
Knowing Trump he will try to file bankruptcy