Trump Demands 'Peace' Fee for Gaza, Ignoring Decades of US War Profiteering
While mainstream media treats this as another dose of Trumpian absurdity, it conveniently sidesteps the larger absurdity: US foreign policy's long-standing complicity in the very 'conflict' it now proposes to 'peace board.' Trump's alleged fee isn't just about 'America First' protectionism; it’s a grotesque echo of the billions in taxpayer dollars the US funnels to Israel annually. For instance,
the US provides $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel every year , paid for by American citizens, not a 'peace board.' This aid, often unconditional, allows Israel to maintain its occupation and carry out actions like those currently devastating Gaza, as evidenced by its extensive use of US-supplied weaponry. One might wonder if any of those 'peace board' fees would ever make it back to the
Palestinian people whose land and lives have been decimated by weapons conveniently stamped 'Made in USA.' Or perhaps, like the decades of 'peace processes' before it, this is just another expensive, performative detour around the simple, uncomfortable truth: real peace requires justice, not just a hefty membership fee to a club whose only real members are war profiteers and their political
enablers.