A lengthy investigation from The New Yorker estimates Trump and his family will have enriched themselves by more than $3.4 billion by the end of his second term, much of it from deals, transactions, and investments that almost certainly wouldn’t have happened if he’d never been president.

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    12 days ago

    That’s $100 stolen from every single American in the country

    From every kid, from every grandma, from every person in hospital

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      12 days ago

      Okay, but consider that 20% of those children and grandparents and hospitalized people may have voted for him. So actually its good that the country is getting looted, because a plutocrat enriching himself off the deluded and uneducated plebs is Karmic Justice.

      Now the Liberal Party can kick back its heels and announce “You stupid idiots, you wouldn’t be suffering if you’d supported us.” And they’ll win in a landslide and take over the mechanisms for self-enrichment and brag about how they triumphed over fascism. Or maybe they won’t win, at which point, they can justify the misery of their constituents for another two years.

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        11 days ago

        Okay, but consider that 20% of those children…may have voted for him

        I mean…they quite literally didn’t on account of, y’know, they’re children

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        12 days ago

        they piled downvotes on him because they knew he was right. because this is exactly how the DNC has been operating and we literally saw it happen.

        stop ride-or-dieing for 🏳️‍🌈soft fascism🏳️‍🌈 they’ll drop your progressive movements the second that they have power to actually change or protect anyone

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          No, the down votes are because

          1. MAGA voters will not have some sudden, simultaneous epiphany and correctly attribute their suffering (in fact, they will never learn).

          2. Democrats might not have another go at it if they lose in 2026 (if elections even happen according to schedule), so inaction is inexcusable.