• SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml
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    Now ask yourself how he managed to bankrupt - amongst other things - a casino. A fucking casino, money printing machines!

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    Oh no…it gets better.

    He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.

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        He just wants it to go away. No, I don’t think he wants Ukraine to win at all, he’d hand it all to Putin yesterday if he could. I think there are a few operating braincells in the administration that are preventing him from doing so, whatever the reasons are.

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          whatever the reasons are.

          The US politicians use taxpayer money to fund the weapons that get sent to Ukraine. The US weapons manufacturers get that money. The US weapons manufacturers pay the US politicians. No great mystery. Not disagreeing with arming Ukraine, just wish it wasn’t a necessity.

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        Trump does not care who wins beyond how it affects him.

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        Please point to a time when Trump did anything that didn’t benefit Russia

        There’s your answer about whether or not he wants Ukraine to win

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        US policy in regards to Ukraine is to bog Russia down. Same thing as when they were fighting in Afghanistan. The longer this conflict goes on, the better for US foreign policy objectives (and weapons manufacturers).

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        He wants profit and power. I dont think he cares what happens in order for him to get it. The world is just like one of his companies. You fire people, you treat them badly, anything to get what you want from the entire thing.

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        He never did want Ukraine to win. Either he gets the rare minerals from Ukraine, or he does things in a way to make his BFF Putin owe him one.

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      But then Ukraine went and blew up a bunch of Russian oil processing and storage facilities, effectively stopping russia from being able to sell

      So…now there’s less oil overall and Iran can charge even more.

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        I don’t think people realize how fucked we are with the strait closed and refineries being targeted. This isn’t just a dollar or few more at the pump and higher average food costs. There is a real likelihood of energy rationing, temperature death, starvation (at least in poorer countries), and economic depression levels of fucked. This isn’t “buy an EV and you’re good” kind of situation. Goods are going to be unaffordable and solar panels will be nowhere to be found. Refineries take years to rebuild. Trump is raping, pillaging, and bankrupting us for his ego and his insider traders.

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          All true, but where are the headlines of Chinese companies setting up second and third shifts to crank out as many as possible solar panels and EVs to take advantage of this? Good for their profits == good for our environment

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      almost like the only real objective was to help russia and its allies

      we know trump is a traitor this is no surprise. don’t forget to vote Dem in november

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        It’s clearly evident anytime he reads something outloud. Most of his pronunciation issues around his first term were caused by him struggling to read a prompter and not comprehending what the words he just strung together mean.

        That and the start of dementia.

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          Also he is very vain. His eyesight is terrible, has been for years. But he refuses to wear glasses. They set the autoprompter to a very large font, which means he easily loses his place. He often mistakes words and then tries to cover with all sorts of nonsense.

          There are some pictures out there of him wearing glasses, but he tries to hide it as much as possible.

          Imagine looking like that and still being vain, that’s impressive actually. Same with that ridiculous “hair” he has and that famous picture when it was windy. Just buy a fucking wig man, the pig is rich enough and this just fuck my shit up hairdue is not fooling anyone.

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        I dont know if societies will be very happy with three more years under Trump. He is doing so many chaotic things.

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          on the one hand, everyone hates him, but on the other hand, billions of people are thrilled about him destabilising America

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            Is that really true? Have you talked to Trump supporters and they are happy with this?

            It just seems that no ordinary person is winning with Trump…

            Ah you meant other countries probably. Yeah I can see that.

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      Idk man there were a lot of wars and a lot of dumb rulers. He’s certainly up there on the power/intelligence ratio leaderboard for a head of State though

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      No way, Donald Trump is a foreign asset?!

      Donald “Russia, if you’re listening” Trump?

      Donald “My Putin” Trump?

      Donald “No puppet, no puppet, you’re the puppet!” Trump?

      That Donald Trump?

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        He doesn’t even have to be a foreign asset to be not working for Americans. Personally, I believe he’s working entirely for his own personal benefit, and the benefit of his family and some friends.

        The level of graft is unprecedented in the US.

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          Those two are not mutually exclusive, doing what Putin wants him to do in exchange for the proof of some shady thing he did not surfacing would still be for his personal benefit.

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      He is definitely working for Americans. Just not Americans like you and me. Ever notice how a lot of American billionaires seem super chill with everything he’s doing?

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    Step 1: Remove EV Tax Credit Step 2: Spike Oil Prices Step 3: Put extra tax on EVs

    Now you make people get EVs AND pay you for the pleasure. Extra points if you invest your stocks right to capitalize on both the spike in oil and the raised demand of EVs! So much winning! (But not for the Average American)

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      One has to wonder how much money they made just of the crypto grift. Everything Trump has done from day one has been to funnel money from regular people’s pockets into billionaires’ pockets, including him self and every tech oligarch that bent the knee.