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GoCubsGo

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1. It's not blackmail. It's extortion.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 12:04 PM

May 2025

It's only "blackmail" when the perpetrator is using threats of exposing something his victim doesn't want known, in order to get what he wants. Here, the countries Trump is threatening aren't trying to hide anything. He's just threatening them, like any mob boss does.

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It's not blackmail. It's extortion. GoCubsGo May 2025 #1