Try to contain your shock... the "Board of Peace" was all a photo op and a scam.......

[Takket]

The State Department supposedly sent .5 billion tax dollars to the Board of Peace slush fund, which is now empty.

— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T13:17:27.699Z

https://www.ft.com/content/5ba3bd2c-0e0e-4306-84be-99d6d89b0d49?syn-25a6b1a6=1

sorry the article is paywalled... but you get the idea.

[Nevilledog]

1. No paywall link

https://archive.li/gFzni

[dalton99a]

2. +1

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route

Rather than use the fund administered by the World Bank, and endorsed by the UN, the board has received donations directly via its JPMorgan account, the board’s spokesperson and another person familiar with the arrangements said.

While the World Bank must report on the financial position of the Gaza fund to contributors and board members, no independent transparency requirements are in place for the JPMorgan account.
...
The Board of Peace “will report its financials” to its own executive board, which is made up of Trump administration officials and other advisers, “at a time deemed appropriate”, the official added.

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[70sEraVet]

12. Gee, almost as if trump had PLANNED to raid the funds!

[KPN]

14. Yeah, who woulda figured?

[dalton99a]

3. It's so hard to guess who took the money

[delisen]

4. Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability

Has there been money deposited privately through the J P Morgan account which has disappeared?

If so is the account a conduit for bribes.to the Trump family or allgned individuals?

[dave99]

23. ask Dimon

[liberalla]

5. I'm shocked!

[Hey Joe]

6. Honestly,

I would have been much more surprised if it wasn’t a scam.
We all knew this was a scam before the first dollar was deposited.

[Wednesdays]

7. Was the money spent on building American missiles and bombs?

Just asking.

[Totally Tunsie]

8. Has anyone checked Jared's pockets?

[Ray Bruns]

9. Trump was involved in a scam?

[vapor2]

11. Is this guy the biggest scam artist ever?

[twodogsbarking]

13. Trump was right. I am tired of him winning.

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. Trump steals in front of EVERYONE and dares anyone to stop him. Who is going to rid the World

of this pantload rapist pedophile??

[generalbetrayus]

16. First (and last) meeting of the Board of Peace.

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. I love that toon

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. It was a scam?! 😭

No!!!! *Faints*

[Mad_Machine76]

19. Well duh

When will people (i.e. media, MAGA, et. al) learn? What's it gonna take? Somebody should check on the Ballroom donations too!

[dlk]

20. A very simple man to figure out once you understand

Everything he says is a lie and everything he does is a grift.

[AloeVera]

21. The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago.

I guess it was so eager to see a ceasefire and the end of Gaza's bombardment it went along, not seeing any other option. Still wish it had put up some kind of fight though.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

22. Clutch my pearls, that probably explains why there is no peace!

[TalenaGor]

24. ....aaaaannnddd it's gone.

South Park ftw

[calimary]

25. Hey, if the Donald is involved, that's what it's ALWAYS gonna be that way.

One way or another.

If he’s in there, so is a very bad and deeply suspicious smell.

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. I'm shocked!

[Beartracks]

27. The most transparent government blah blah blah. Well, the corruption is indeed transparent!

[Baitball Blogger]

28. Gee, if Congress would do its job, couldn't they approve an audit?

Because passing along One Billion dollars for a photo op, and then this IRS deal make the Republican party complicit in embezzlement.

[Justice matters.]

32. I call them the Republicrooks Party for a reason.

It's in that name. A bunch of gangsters took over to fill their pockets. It was not tough to do. Religious propaganda and made-up lies about everything like a reality-teevee show.

Everybody should use it: The Republicrooks Party, a.k.a. the Guardians Of Pedophiles (GOP).

[Martin68]

29. Everything Trump initiates is a scam, pure and simple. When is he going to be held accountable?

[Figarosmom]

30. I bet that 1.5 is in an account in Qatar

[Dave Id]

31. Trump promised to drain the swamp

instead he's draining the Treasury

[Aussie105]

33. What evil dwells in the heart of a man when he knows his days are drawing to a close . . .

but his unending daily desire is to steal from others and lie to enrich himself?

Building a golden stairway to Heaven, perhaps?
(cue the Led Zeppelin song)