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    9 小时前

    “I wish I had a plane to give you,” a seemingly exasperated Ramaphosa said at one point.

    “I wish you did. I would take it,” Trump responded. “If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.”

    “The EU hasn’t given me even one plane,” Trump added meaningfully. “Our talks there aren’t going anywhere either.”

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      4 小时前

      It used to be a million bucks, but now it looks like a big flashy plane is the new baseline for acceptable bribes.

      The EU hasn’t offered a plane, and a few days later they get hit with a 50% tariff.