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Bush orchestrated UK Embassy Move. Trump lies again
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:44 pm
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On Friday evening, a US embassy spokesman hit back at the president's claims. He said the plan to finance the project was developed in 2007, at a time when George W. Bush was in the White House. "The US chancery in Grosvenor Square had aged beyond its ability to be improved to current security and life safety standards without extensive investment in infrastructure that would require appropriated dollars," he said.
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"In 2007, the department developed a plan to finance a new embassy project through a property swap for existing US government property in London. "This solution allowed construction of a new chancery that meets all security standards, yet used no taxpayer dollars to fund the project." The spokesman said the budget was approximately one billion dollars (£730 million) and includes the site purchase, design, and construction costs.
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So Bush adminstration orchestrates the move because the building is too old and dilapidated to upgrade for security reasons. Comes up with a plan to get a new embassy without using any US tax dollars. Trump blames Obama for an unwise deal instead of facing protestors when arriving to London.
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Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:45 pm to Bison
Trump has liberals giving W credit for something.
Folks, this is the greatest mind frick in human history.
Folks, this is the greatest mind frick in human history.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:45 pm to Bison
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:45 pm to Bison
Wow, this is HUGE!!!!
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:46 pm to Bison
It's amazing. There is no minutiae that you people won't bog yourselves into. 
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:46 pm to bamarep
It’s amazing how much legwork and fact checking the media is able to do when a Republican is in power
Do they get paid for all the extra hours they put in after coasting for the last 8 years?
Do they get paid for all the extra hours they put in after coasting for the last 8 years?
This post was edited on 1/15/18 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:48 pm to Bison
Trump has finally made the media care about truth again
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:48 pm to Bison
Can you fathom how picayune a matter this is to most people?
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:49 pm to Eighteen
Yeah yeah yeah deflect and downvote. Don’t comment on the actual facts that lie in front of you.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:49 pm to Bison
quote:
the project was developed in 2007
Who approved it?
Just like NAFTA, daddy Bush developed it and WJC signed it.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:51 pm to bamarep
quote:
Trump has liberals giving W credit for something.
Folks, this is the greatest mind frick in human history.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:51 pm to Erin Go Bragh
Well it was a big enough deal for trump to send a worldwide tweet about.... I think we are warranted to call out him on his fake news
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:52 pm to Bison
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a worldwide tweet
Is there another type?
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:52 pm to bamarep
quote:
Trump has liberals giving W credit for something.
Folks, this is the greatest mind frick in human history.
He crushed them, so far the defending of North Korea, Iran, the PLO, Pakistan, and now W.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:54 pm to bamarep
quote:
Trump has liberals giving W credit for something. Folks, this is the greatest mind frick in human history.
That is some sort of comical....and great spin!
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:55 pm to Bison
What did Obama think of the move?
Calling BS on that.
quote:
The spokesman said the budget was approximately one billion dollars
Calling BS on that.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:57 pm to Bison
Was Trump lying?
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The claim: The Obama administration sold the US embassy in London for "peanuts".
The verdict: President Trump is right that the sale did take place during the Obama administration. The final amount was not disclosed but estimates of its value varied between £300m and £500m. However, the decision to move was taken when George W Bush was in the White House.
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Reports that the sale of the old building had been completed appeared in November 2009, under the Obama administration. So President Trump is correct in that sense.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:58 pm to Bison
Trump is right again and your tears are still tasty
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On October 8, 2008, the embassy announced a conditional agreement with the real estate developer Ballymore Group to purchase property for a new embassy site on the South Bank of the River Thames in the Nine Elms area of the London Borough of Wandsworth.[17] The site lies within the Vauxhall/Nine Elms/Battersea Opportunity Area as set out in the London Plan. The proposed plan would only go forward if approved by the United States Congress and by the local planning authority.[18] The Northern line extension to Battersea will have new stations at Battersea and Nine Elms—combined with major local development. The United States Department of State announced in January 2009 that it was choosing among nine architectural firms, all "modern" and "upmarket", to replace the ageing embassy headquarters.[19] In March 2009 the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announced that four architectural firms had been selected for the final phase of the design competition.[19] By law, the architect for a U.S. embassy must be an American firm with "numerous security clearances".[19]
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:59 pm to Bison
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I think we are warranted to call out him on his fake news
Except it wasn't fake it the actual sale didn't take place until Obama was in office.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:59 pm to Bison
I can't imagine making excuses for liars that work for me
It's a daily occurrence for a lot of people
It's a daily occurrence for a lot of people
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