[Response to Guru Pimpy’s Trump’s $35 billion of Iraq’s money video interview below] The money provided to Iraq using all metrics and categories has NO $35 Billion Dollar amount listed. As we know, Trump talks through his hat when he is in a casual setting like the Ingraham TV show. He likely just pulled a number out of thin air. Initial amounts that were tendered in currency swaps is also arbitrary but I can account for a figure very near the $20 billion amount which would be over $20 trillion IQD since the first allocation was at a rate of 4000 IQD to 1 USD. My repetition of the $35 Billion number was casual as it had no bearing on the substance of my post. A modest reinstatement would, in either case, be more than enough to pay off the National Debt. Personally, I place no value on the Trump statement on Laura Ingraham’s show. Currency swaps are not loans and do not have to be paid back. I have heard some people refer to them as grants which is also wrong. I hope this clears the air a little. :Fnu Lnu
