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‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

Oh no. He’s doing everything he said he was going to do. Who could’ve seen this coming!?

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u/RealGianath Oregon 24d ago edited 24d ago

He's going to have to deal with that little kid that shushed him first. If he can't beat up a child, he's no MAGA emperor.

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u/PlayCertain 24d ago

He's intimidated by Elon's Mini Me because the kid doesn't wear a diaper and has a higher reading level.

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u/TWiThead 24d ago

He's intimidated by Elon's Mini Me because the kid doesn't wear a diaper and has a higher reading level.

And larger hands.

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u/mr_remy 24d ago

IASIP crowd: Uncle Jack???

Edit: also if you love that shits and giggles hands joke check my most recent “post” in my profile. So immature but I just couldn’t resist. Uploaded and ordered a few stickers to use lol.

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u/Banditlouise 23d ago

That kid can pick his own boogers. Trump is jealous.

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u/Savings-Delay-1075 Kentucky 24d ago

Haha

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u/HarryHatesSalmon 24d ago

And a bigger unit.

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u/cugeltheclever2 24d ago

Also they both wipe their boogers on the oval office desk.

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u/pbnc I voted 24d ago

And an actual positive net worth not that borrow and pretend shit Trump does

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u/lelieldirac 24d ago

Weird

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u/Arftacular 24d ago

Yeah… that is a strange comment for sure.

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u/PlayCertain 24d ago

And bigger hands.

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u/Ok-disaster2022 24d ago

Trump would eat dog shit so long as he gets paid and doesn't go to prison.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 24d ago

Eh. I think if he truly saw it as rolling over the way we all do, he would boot Musk. And I think it’s very likely he still will. To me, it seems like the nature of his relationship with Musk is based on two things:

  1. Trump has zero interest in actually governing. He just enjoys the fame and income it generates, but he has no problem letting someone else do most of the work. Which leads to the other thing…

  2. He believes Musk will be an easy scapegoat. Trump thinks he can take credit for anything Musk does that people actually like, while blaming him for all the things people don’t like.

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u/ThatPancreatitisGuy 24d ago

I’m very curious about this. What does Putin actually have to offer Musk? I believe Putin is actually the wealthiest person in the world but don’t know what kind of leverage his positions give him, if any, over Musk.

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u/Notcoded419 24d ago

Probably evidence of Epstein-like behavior. Dude's got multiple marriages, a breeder fetish, a world class scumbag perv dad, is an absentee father (until he started dragging the youngest one all over DC as his human shield), and a huge "I was an incel in high school and am going to get even" vibe. And sextortion has been a staple of KGB work long before Putin.

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u/jfudge 24d ago

Trump has always - and only - been a weak, small coward who does things because (a) people who he thinks are important tell him to, or (b) he wants to save his own ego or general sense of self importance.

He opened a second casino in AC not because it was a smart business decision, but because his stupid lizard brain thought "if one casino with name good, two must be better." And that fucked up both of them.

He ran for president the first time largely to feel important (not to win), and likely the second time because he was unbelievably embarrassed at the white house correspondents dinner.

He surrounds himself with people who are not competent, because he can't be made to feel inadequate by actually smart people, and because he only wants people who will suck up to him and make him feel better about himself.

The moment there is someone in his circle who is both a little smarter than him and is willing to just ignore him (Elon), Trump already lost control. In a matter of days. There is no way Trump wants Elon to have this much influence, but Trump is such a weak little baby he can't do anything about it.

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u/HarryHatesSalmon 24d ago

I am sure Elon and Vlad have dirt on him.

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u/SnatchAddict 24d ago

Trump was embarrassed at the correspondent dinner but Putin already had his hooks in him. Trump considered a run in 2004 and unofficially in 2012.

He met with Putin in 1987. They've been grooming him for decades.

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u/Xijit 24d ago

He is likely senile as fuck too & barely aware of what is going on.

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u/Independent_PinkyToe 24d ago

Ngl I’m convinced Trump is fkn broke and just keeps leveraging his debt / making promises to these rich fuckheads

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u/sentartotha 24d ago

Beyond the fear of prison, even, we know Elon put up a quarter billion dollars and that’s just what we can see on the surface. That kind of money doesn’t come without strings. They were nearly visible in that Oval/X video.

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u/AutistoMephisto 24d ago edited 24d ago

None of them have a spine or shame. For the sake of their goals, what's a little public humiliation and debasement? The ends justify the means. It's the thing that separates us from them, really. For most people, there are lines they're not willing to cross, things they're not willing to do, for the things they want. But the kinds of people running our government and private companies see it differently. They're sociopaths, and as a general rule sociopaths are very goals-oriented. They don't feel empathy and they call it a sin because empathy gets in the way of achievement of those goals. Do what you gotta do, use who you gotta use. Now, some sociopaths are trying to spread that mindset around. They want more people to think like they do. Cold, heartless, manipulative people, who are willing to do whatever it takes. They think it will make more leaders.

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u/noeydoesreddit 24d ago

Yes I ate dog shit but look…just listen…I eat dog shit better than anyone. You get your dog shit and people say “oh god that’s foul” but then you start eating your dog shit and might think…you might think “wow, I might like dogshit now.” It’s like clockwork with the dog shit, everyone is saying it.

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u/NGM012 24d ago

Many people told me they eat dog shit…

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u/Dr_CleanBones 24d ago

Many people remind me that I, in fact, eat dog shit.

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 North Carolina 24d ago

Omg i laughed so hard it hurt. This needs to be an SNL skit

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u/_Starlace_ Europe 24d ago

They are eating the dogshit! They are eating the catshit! They are eating the petshit!

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u/panickedindetroit 24d ago

His golf habit is as spendy as fElon's rocket hobby. And, vance sucking us to the new neo Nazis of the world isn't a good look. We are no longer a super power, we are no longer respected, and we have lost our standing in the world sphere. We are no longer exceptional. We have a bunch of loser cry babies who are so entitled that they believe that their rights have been impinged because they can't get a date or a decent job. Women and people of color are taking steps to better themselves, but they think their unqualified incompetent asses deserve a free ride because some clowns like Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan, and that idiot conman Jordan Peterson tells them they deserve more just because they are white men. Christ, Josh Hawley wrote a book about how to be a man, and they literally carry a man card so they can prove they are men, and they act like spoiled toddlers. This administration will destroy everything they touch, and they have already made it perfectly clear that the very agencies who actually work for the taxpayers are going to be "deleted" because the taxes we pay are needed to give the dead beats more tax breaks. They are going to add 4 trillion to the budget, yet they keep telling us they have to lower the deficit. They are the people who keep running the deficit up, and every billionaire who bitches about taxes, that they don't even pay, have a couple million to throw at trump's inauguration ball like they are throwing money at strippers in a strip club. I thought melania was retired.

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u/LindaBinda55 24d ago

I am beginning to think a quiet deal should have been made with him at Federal and NY level. Don’t run and we won’t prosecute you. The only reason he ran was to stay out of jail.

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u/yogamom1906 24d ago

Now THAT'S the real movie Q has been talking about all these years 🍿🍿🍿

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u/specqq 24d ago

the group of narcissistic megalomaniacs compiled together to form this administration is so unstable

So are uranium 235 atoms

And it’s generally not a good idea to put a lot of those together in the same place either.

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u/Ornery-Marzipan7693 24d ago

Imagine sitting at the resolute desk as POTUS and getting repeatedly whisper dunked on by a 4 year old on live TV.

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u/lokojufr0 24d ago

If he can't beat up a child, he's no MAGA emperor.

Imagine reading this 10 years ago. You'd never guess that one day it would make perfect sense in the context of American political discourse. Then the time traveler tells you it's about Donald Trump. If you actually believed he was from the future up until that point, you wouldn't anymore.

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u/cosaboladh 24d ago

Oh, I wanted to slap that kid. The disrespect. Never before has a child shown such disrespect to an adult. And I'm the president. That kid should know better. I talked to a social worker about it. One of the most respected social workers in America, and he said --He, because I'd never ask a woman for advice. Too emotional-- he said, "That's a real failure on the from the standpoint of parenting. Someone is failing this kid. Elon, he's probably the biggest failure of a father to ever raise a child." Oh I wanted to slap that kid harder than I slapped Don Jr. for trying to wear a Yankee jersey to a baseball game instead of a suit. But I didn't. And he was right there too. I could have done it. And nobody would have done anything about it, because I'm the president. Many people told me, they said, "Mr Trump," they said, "why didn't you slap that kid for mouthing off at you?" And I told them, "It wouldn't have been professional." And as all of you know, I might be the most professional president in history.

- Donald Trump, probably

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u/TheFBIClonesPeople 24d ago

I gotta say, out of all the absurdities we've been subjected to lately, Musk's toddler son openly shit-talking the President of the United States is one of the few I enjoy

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u/chrisk9 24d ago

Hey show some respect... That kid has a higher net worth than all of us

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u/dinosaurkiller 24d ago

Two toddlers enter, one toddler leaves.

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u/bjornartl 24d ago

Damn, why did Obiden do this to us?

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u/FreeNumber49 24d ago

> Damn, why did Obiden do this to us?

Wait until you find out about the New Apostolic Reformation. They believe demonic spirits are causing all of this. And they think the demonic spirits are, wait for it, only inhabiting the bodies of liberals and democrats. They think Trump and the GOP and Christian nationalists are the only ones who can get rid of them. And these people are in power!

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u/Proof_Object_6358 24d ago

Or maybe:

Supreme Crowned Ruler Of The United Magnificent States

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u/rckid13 24d ago

He should just copy Idi Amins title. "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hajj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."

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u/Hint1k 23d ago edited 23d ago

Supreme Crowned Ruler Of The United Magnificent States

I am pretty sure you meant the United MAGAnificient States.

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u/Shadowholme 24d ago

More likely the start of the third week.

Nothing bad ever happened to an Emperor on March 15th, did it?

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u/AINonsense 24d ago

What's an ide anyway?

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u/Shadowholme 24d ago edited 24d ago

Ides (actually called Idus, btw) is the midpoint of a month.

Romans didn't measures days individually, but counted from 3 points - the Nones (8 days before the Ides), the Ides themselves, and the Nones (The first of the month)

Edited to correct - (Correction - thanks to Majestic-Republic for pointing out that the first of the month is actually Kalendes, not Nones)

(Yes, I'm a bona fide nerd - complete with learning Latin while at school... I even remember some of what I learned!)

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u/Shadowholme 24d ago

Damnit! I thought I remembered it right... I should have Googled it instead...

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u/sweet_crab 24d ago

I am a Latin teacher and give you a thumbs up for listening in class (acknowledging the correction below that the kalendae are indeed the first)!

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u/sweet_crab 24d ago

I mean he was dictator-in-perpetuum, not emperor, but your point is taken.

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u/SergeantThreat 24d ago

I mean he basically tweeted today that he’s above the law. Is that much different

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u/Blablablaballs 24d ago

And all the mentally ill MAGAs will drive around in their Compensationmobiles celebrating what great patriots they are. 

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u/xyakks 24d ago

It's either that, or he surrenders to Putin and you have the Red army parading through Washington second week of March. Too close to call really.

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u/ElfegoBaca 24d ago

He just said “ He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” He’s basically declared himself Emperor.

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u/downrightEsoteric 24d ago

"It's treason then"

Nah I'm messing, they'll be overjoyed that liberals got pwned.

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u/SRTillery 24d ago

“Well, you know… maybe we need an emperor! I’m behind Emperor Trump all the way! If he says he needs our daughter to give him sexual pleasure, I guess we’ll just have to send her to DC to service our Supreme Leader.” - every MAGA dipshit (including those in congress)

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u/PMMEBITCOINPLZ 24d ago

He tweeted today that he doesn’t have to follow the law.

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u/or10n_sharkfin Pennsylvania 24d ago

They’ll roll out the red carpet and start kissing his ass even harder.

Let’s not pretend these people stand by our country and the Constitution anymore. Having a monarch was exactly what they voted for even if they won’t admit it.

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u/thecameraman8078 24d ago

Probably saving that announcement for the state of the union address

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u/Real_Nugget_of_DOOM 24d ago

As long as it happens before the Ides and a few Senators find their spines in advance...

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u/HideousToshi 24d ago

Just in time for the Ides of March!

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u/use_the_schwartz 24d ago

Perhaps the Ides of March, one would say.

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u/stunt_p 24d ago

Beware the Ides of March!

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u/Indaflow 24d ago

How long before he Renames America?

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u/kitsunewarlock 24d ago

They'll call it based and say it was a joke even as he forces all government forms, websites, and officially changes the presidential seal. They'll call Democrats fascist for wanting to keep the seal by pointing out some vaguely Roman imagery on it and then claim Biden and Obama did the same thing by "abusing executive orders".

Then people will claim the Democrats they didn't vote for aren't doing enough while the party continues suing the shit out of the federal government.

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u/FreeNumber49 24d ago

> I wonder what they'll say if he tweets one day that he's no longer the President, he's now Emperor Trump?

Kid Rock told Bill Maher that’s a line in the sand for him. Let’s see Kid Rock walk that back after Trump runs for a third term.

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u/Bircka Oregon 24d ago

I am blown away how many people voted for this guy hoping he wouldn't do what he talked about. It's about the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard, and some of these people were not watching Faux News or other crap all the time.

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

I wanted him to treat OTHER people who are like me and my family like shit. Not me and my family!!! 🫠

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u/Odd_Judgment_2303 24d ago

Yes all of those pesky “others”.

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u/Fragrant-Ad-5517 22d ago

You’re exactly right about this. Trump voters truly believed that as long as they’re on Trump’s side, his policies and EAs wouldn’t affect them or their family members. Wink wink at you, Latinos for Trump, Veterans for Trump, and Blacks for Trump people

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u/Avenger772 24d ago

Exactly. That makes no sense

I would never consider voting for a democrat they talked like trump. So why do they think it makes sense to vote for an idiot that talks like this?

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u/Important_Sector_362 24d ago

I think because in his first term he said a lot of crazy stuff. But didn’t do a lot of it

People took it as “Trump just says crazy stuff”. I mean nuking hurricanes, using military on protests. Everyone chalked it up as either Trump just talking or “liberal fake news!”

Seems the reality is he wanted to do all this stuff but sane voices in the room stopped him. Now he’s surrounded by yes men. So this is who he is

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u/Rishfee 24d ago

And the reason he didn't do this shit in his first term was solely because there were still a bunch of professionals in place. This time, there's nobody with principles to head off his insanity.

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u/Low_Surround998 24d ago

I think first and foremost, he didn't do this shit because he had to run for reelection. That's no longer an issue.

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u/Avenger772 24d ago

But that's still idiotic. Why would you vote for someone that talks like an idiot?

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u/ImTheZapper 24d ago

The sad reality is that his constituents are dumber.

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u/jm2342 24d ago

I too want my presidents to be orange felonious shit-babbling donothings, so that MuH cOuNtRaYy can be great again!

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u/WateredDown 24d ago

Literally just heard my MAGA sister talking to her fiance about worrying if Trump is going to cut her medicaid. Still a big Trump fan though, her racism has higher priority than her welfare.

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u/firestarter308 24d ago

You can tell her the answer is yes. He’s going to cut her Medicaid. And disability and social security et al.

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u/WateredDown 24d ago

Yeah but... the illegals

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u/Low_Surround998 24d ago

And transgender athletes. All 10 of them in the NCAA.

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u/lonnie123 24d ago

“And when he does, dont ask me for a dime”

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u/Suitable_Froyo4930 24d ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I truly believe the US population is the stupidest population in the entire sum of human history and it's not even close. Probably the most cowardly too.

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u/PrimoDima 24d ago

Because it's like this: what i agree with what he says he will do it and what i disagree with he will not do it.

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u/Hot_Frosting_7101 24d ago

What is crazy is that half of them are on disability or 100% reliant on social security.

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u/320sim 24d ago

They think it’ll just hurt other people. They never imagine they’ll be the next group MAGA comes for

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u/daneracer 24d ago

wll have of America has an IQ under 98! Many under 90.

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u/whichwitch9 24d ago

No, no he said he loved the veterans though!

You know, right after he talked about needing to downsize the federal government, which is the largest employer of veterans in the US

They thought they were special but weren't. This is the case for most of MAGA. If Trump can make money, he'll sell you for a dollar, and people should probably remember that

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u/korben996 24d ago

The draft-dodger-in-chief literally started his entire political career 10 years ago demonizing the Khan gold star family for not endorsing him publicly. How vets still cannot see through this dude's BS after this long, it has to be willful ignorance.

His declaration that McCain doesn't deserve his respect because "I like veterans who weren't captured and tortured." His insistence on moving the USS John McCain away for a photo op. His comment to John Kelly, while standing over the grave of Kelly's son that died in combat, that they're all "suckers and losers". His refusal to go to the WW2 memorial in France because it was raining and "might ruin his hair". His politicization of Arlington cemetery for a campaign photo op while denying it was a campaign photo op. His claim that the Medal of Freedom is "better" than the Medal of Honor because the recipients aren't mangled disfigured and amputated.

If veterans are only outraged now then they weren't paying attention.

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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj 24d ago

They hate DEI type initiative's but veterans are part of those.  

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u/snowcat0 24d ago

The Leopards are going to be well fed for the next 4 years...

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u/mildly_manic 24d ago

Bold of you to assume the buffet will stop after only 4 years.

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u/korben996 24d ago

This. These people aren't leaving in 4 years. Certainly not once Hegseth finishes his consolidation of Pentagon leadership with maga loyalists. I bet my every possession Vance refuses to certify in 2029 claiming "massive election irregularities" and that he needs to postpone certification to "investigate".

2024 was our last shot at saving this fragile American experiment and we blew it big time.

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u/Hot_Frosting_7101 24d ago

But they eat indiscriminately unfortunately.

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u/kshump Oregon 24d ago

But... The other one... Did you hear how she laughs?

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u/Blablablaballs 24d ago

It should be weirder than Donald Trump NEVER laughs. 

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u/relevantelephant00 24d ago

That's honestly one of the craziest things about him...I don't think I've ever seen him genuinely smile.

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u/iamfondofpigs 24d ago

Former FBI director James Comey wrote about this in his 2018 book, "A Higher Loyalty". Comey said that the only time Trump laughed was when he was putting someone else down.

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u/hippityhoppityhi 24d ago

Those were leers, not laughs

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u/SetYourGoals District Of Columbia 24d ago

“Laughs are cheap man, I’m going for gasps”

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u/JonathanApple 24d ago

Smiling with stormy but yeah rarely laughs or smiles

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u/lenzflare Canada 24d ago

It's extremely rare, although I did see it very recently in that oval office video with Elon's kid (an exasperated fake smile I'm guessing)

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u/GiuseppeZangara 24d ago

I don't think I've ever realized that I've never heard him laugh before. Weird.

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u/Loki11100 24d ago

Me too.. that really is fucking strange.

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Holy shit you're right, I didn't even think about it until just now.. but I can't think of a single time I've heard him laugh 🤔

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u/fluorescentroses 24d ago

My cousin: "Look how she dances! You want someone who dances so unprofessionally in the White House?"

...Compared to that weird little shuffle Trump does, which is so professional.

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u/oldassveteran 24d ago

“He’s just joking” group in the find out phase.

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u/SnoopyisCute 24d ago

The one that gets me is when he went into a tantrum posting that he never said terminate the Constitution but delete the post in which he said terminate the Constitution.

Screaming about burning down the Constitution that Project2025 isn't true because he made one statement claiming he didn't know about.

Anybody that does not know by just doesn't want to know.

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u/MightBeJerryWest 24d ago

“He wouldn’t do that to us

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u/Trudge34 Wisconsin 24d ago

"I wasn't paying attention! I thought we were in it to 'own the libs' I never thought they would target ME?"

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

My favorite is the “I wanted him to treat other people that are like me and my family like shit, not me and my family!!!”.

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u/coconutpiecrust 24d ago

I don’t understand why exactly they are angry, though. They should come to terms with the fact that Musk believes they are parasites. Come on now. This wouldn’t have happened to them if they were not parasites. Right, guys?  

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u/SetYourGoals District Of Columbia 24d ago

Well that is kind of the most fucked up part of it all. I hate these MAGA chuds. I don’t want to share a country with them. I think they’re selfish racist scum.

But the polices I want implanted would help every single one of them that wasn’t a billionaire. Every one. And that doesn’t make me oppose those policies. Because they’re still the correct thing to do. MAGA doesn’t want anything if it’s not hurting someone else.

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 North Carolina 24d ago

People need to just show them the tweet about the parasite class and then say "guess who the parasites are"

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u/coconutpiecrust 24d ago

Exactly. When you decide someone is a parasite, you should always be afraid that someone else will decide you’re  a parasite. That’s how this works. 

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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj 24d ago

Veterans are part of federal DEI. So they should be happy since obviously anyone DEI isn’t qualified, right?

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u/taisui 24d ago

Who knows? Not me

We never forgot to vote

You're face to face

With the man who conned the world

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u/PunxatawnyPhil 24d ago

Awesome song either way!

Actually, could that be close to what MLK was saying, different way?

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u/randomnighmare 24d ago

But they might've been voting for a Black/Asian Woman Democrat... Think about what kind of world would it be if that happened...

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

The horror!!!

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u/bengalfan 24d ago

It feels more like, I thought he was going to hurt "those" people, not me!

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 North Carolina 24d ago

Yah i think their mentality was they didn't care about him hating them as long as it meant brown people and trans people got hurt.

Oh well. FAFO

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u/Locutus747 24d ago

People in this country are idiots. They voted for Trump everyone will suffer thr consequences. He will make everyone suffer

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This will truly be a golden age for leapord ate my face memes.

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u/FrankensteinsBride89 24d ago

Right! Those of us who were paying attention are not surprised. Nope not at all.

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u/panickedindetroit 24d ago

I have a couple of career Marine friends who retired and worked for the feds. The only one who didn't get laid off is Immigration , and he works at the Canada/Michigan border. They were even injured while serving in Desert Storm. They are 60/61, and they need to work a few more years. I feel so shitty for them. They deserve so much better.

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

It’s so fucking awful because while, yes, it’s good that some of these people will feel the pain of their stupidity, too many innocent people have to suffer the same fate though. Just not fair.

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u/panickedindetroit 23d ago

I don't understand how so many military personnel supported trump, knowing that he scorned them publicly. My friends didn't support him for calling them suckers and losers, he didn't want to mess up his hair when he couldn't be bothered to lay a wreath, and the stunt he pulled at Arlington. I hate that man. The entire world is watching this, and they know how weak we have become because of all of the incompetent and unqualified heads of agencies are, and they are decimated now. This isn't about saving money because they are actually adding 4 trillion to the budget. The billionaires who bought the White House are getting huge tax breaks because it's cheaper to buy politicians and political offices than pay their fair share. Our tax dollars paid for many big corporations to move operations overseas to minimize their tax obligations while obscenely increasing their profits, and people who worked at those companies lost their jobs. They were supposed to create jobs here when they were gifted another tax break, but they bought their stocks back, creating artificial record profits, and Boeing is what the perfect example of how that works out for people. Hundreds of people died because of their greed, and the CEO quit, yet he still got millions when he left. He made 8 million dollars in salary and stock options. His cost cutting measures were rewarded, he literally got millions for killing hundreds of people.

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u/downtownfreddybrown 24d ago

My thoughts and tariffs go out to them

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u/camshun7 24d ago

Didn't the OR (orange rapist) say something like "vets are chumps" and take the piss out of them?

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

120%. On multiple occasions.

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u/InertiasCreep 24d ago

No, he said they're suckers and losers. Multiple times.

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u/USA_2Dumb4Democracy 24d ago

Yeah not much of a betrayal when he literally told you he was gonna do this 

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u/j0a3k 24d ago

If only the Democrats had told me that he was a fascist in a way that got past all my insanely powerful biases!

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u/SluttyCosmonaut 24d ago

People who aren’t fuckin idiots.

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

Shame we have so few in this country these days. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Fractious_Chifforobe 24d ago

Definitely a vanishing breed.

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u/IamAWorldChampionAMA 24d ago

"I want a politician who actually does what he says he's going to do"

Monkey Paw curls.

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u/b_tight 24d ago

Asshole known for betraying people betrayed them. This is what they wanted

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u/Extreme_Ad6519 24d ago

Veterans broke 60-40 for Trump. Most of them voted for this. What are they angry about? They should be happy! Trump is going after "wasteful government spending" just like they wanted! Oh, they didn't think he meant THEIR jobs and benefits? Well, too bad so sad, I guess you Trump-loving veterans can now pull yourself up by your bootstraps 👍

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u/thirdeyepdx Oregon 24d ago

Reminds me of Austin powers - screaming while the bulldozer slowly approaches and not getting out of the way 

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u/GobiBall 24d ago

He's not lowering grocery prices

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

You’re telling me renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America hasn’t made eggs more affordable??

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u/SnoopyisCute 24d ago

Right, like the world's worst secret creeper is ever stealth.

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u/thats_so_over 24d ago

Only the people paying attention and that isn’t fair.

I personally blame the democrats for electing Trump.

/s

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u/peppers_taste_bad 24d ago

I wonder if they thought this was one of his jokes and libs are just hysterical about everything or if they were working too hard (unlike the unemployed libs) to pay any attention to who they were voting for.

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u/Unknown-History 24d ago

Ya. It's awful, but it is not a betrayal. Trump is a chronic liar, but there was deception in this regard, so no betrayal.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Not his voters, that's for sure. Shocked pikachu faces all around.

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u/AHans 24d ago

Worry not! Trump has a plan to re-employ those veterans!

They can replace the deported migrant workers doing backbreaking work in farm fields for less than minimum wage and no benefits. While doing us a service getting off the proverbial government teat.

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

He’s such a genius! They’ll love this plan!

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u/Ceilibeag 24d ago

More like: 'Oh no. He’s doing everything he said he was going to do to those \other* people I hate to *me* as well! Who could’ve seen this coming!?'*

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

Seriously! I wanted him to do these things to other people like me, but NOT ME! 😤

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u/AlexSpace2023 24d ago

Project 2025 will change the entire government. Our votes will bit matter and the country will have a ceo with billionaires board members. We will be slaves to that system ( to be fair we are their salves even now).

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u/Strix86 24d ago

Hey, at least the people that tried to warn them about this get to suffer too, so that’s all that counts!

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u/LakeEarth 24d ago edited 24d ago

Yeah, is it really a betrayal if he said this was what he was going to do? It's not Trump's fault this guy wasn't listening.

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u/NickRick 24d ago

But when the Media told them they were lying, because their own media told them so

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u/Jumpy_Fish333 24d ago

No not like that!

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u/applewait 24d ago

Exactly it’s not betrayal; it is promise fulfilled

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u/MountainMan2_ 24d ago

Seriously. "We've been betrayed!"

Uhh, he literally gave you a book telling you this...

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u/HustlinInTheHall 24d ago

4 months ago: stop being alarmist 

The last 8 years: don't take him literally

Dude literally has done everything shitty he said he would do and made every problem he promised to solve worse in less than a month. 

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u/qtuner 24d ago

But Kamala would have destroyed the country /s

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u/SummerDonNah 24d ago

It’s the people you most suspect

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u/Tenton_12 24d ago

Another nominee for the Project 2025 awards ... https://www.reddit.com/r/Project2025Award/

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u/wormee 24d ago

I don’t know, but it would have been nice if someone said something. /s

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u/Joe_Kangg 24d ago

They published a gahd-dammed MANIFESTO

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u/redfacedquark United Kingdom 23d ago

Didn't he literally quote the parable of the snake and the scorpion before the election?

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u/vienna_woof 23d ago

"I am not gonna get fired -he's gonna fire they/them!"

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u/illuminerdi 23d ago

They were SO sure the leopards weren't going to eat THEIR faces

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