The image is a tweet by Turkish politician Özgür Demirtaş. The tweet, in Turkish, says: "With this money, a COUNTRY is being built." The tweet then cites a World Bank statement that reconstructing Ukraine will cost at least 128 billion dollars. The implication, and the humor of the tweet, lies in the juxtaposition of these two ideas. Demirtaş is implying that the amount of money being spoken about for Ukraine's reconstruction could, in theory, be used to build a new country from scratch. The joke is a sarcastic commentary on the scale of the financial aid needed for Ukraine, and potentially, also a subtle criticism of how that aid might be perceived or handled. It suggests the sum is so large it could almost be used to start a new country, perhaps implying that the financial commitment is excessive or the aid is being misdirected.
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