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Trump: Ethiopia 'seized the Nile's water,' US dam funding 'stupid'
October 10, 2026 at 03:58 PM
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يواليوم السابع
ترامب: إثيوبيا تستولى على مياه النيل ببناء سد النهضة وهذا أمر غير جيد لمصر
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SNSky News Arabia
فيديو.. ترامب يتحدث سد النهضة: إثيوبيا استولت على مياه النيل
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MAMasrawy
هل مولت أمريكا بناء سد النهضة؟.. "نصر علام" يطرح 3 تساؤلات بعد تصريحات ترامب
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MAMasrawy
ترامب يهاجم تمويل سد النهضة: أمر غبي للغاية ومياه النيل أزمة لمصر (فيديو)
(opens the publisher’s site)Trump said at a Syracuse rally that Ethiopia seized the Nile's water and that US funding for the dam was "stupid."
- Trump told supporters in Syracuse, New York, that Ethiopia "seized all the water" from the Nile, describing the situation as harmful to Egypt.
- Trump said the US financed the project, calling the investment "stupid," and stated he had worked to resolve the dispute.
- Former Egyptian irrigation minister Mohamed Nasr Allam questioned on Facebook who funded the dam, saying the US, Ethiopia, or another backer may have paid.
- Ethiopia completed the $4 billion dam and opened it unilaterally in 2025 without an agreement with downstream Egypt and Sudan.