Export-Import Bank Loans (One Billion Dollars)

Toby and Josh hurl these loans like barbed wire across the Mural Room table: one billion dollars funneled from the Export-Import Bank, no papers rustle, just words slicing air—tied to AIDS drug buys, they dangle as blood price for Nimbala's troops sealing borders. Humiliation cracks his facade; the sum looms intangible yet crushing, quantifying U.S. muscle in raw fiscal terms.

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S2E4 · In This White House

Ultimatum: Aid Tied to Security Commitments

One billion dollars in Ex-Im Bank loans specified by Toby for drug purchases, detailed by Josh as Congress-bypassable; quantifies U.S. leverage in the ultimatum.

Before: Hypothetical offer

After: Tied to enforcement pledge

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S2E4 · In This White House

Ultimatum in the Mural Room

Export-Import Bank Loans (One Billion Dollars) surge in Toby's pitch to fund American meds purchases, Josh detailing congressional bypass; quantifiable bait shatters Nimbala's disbelief, quantifying U.S. coercion.

Before: Potential untapped credit

After: Offered via regional structuring

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