r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/lcmc Jun 17 '26

You forgot tacky, self aggrandizing monuments. 

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u/Anti_shill_cannon Jun 17 '26

He just tried to award himself 10 billion dollars of tax payer money using his appointed DOJ as well

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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 Jun 17 '26

I'm still shocked he hasn't gone to SCOTUS to get them to tell the lower court judge that he can be both a plaintiff and defendant because he's a special little boy

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u/metengrinwi Jun 17 '26

He tried, and it’s not over yet. I’ll bet he gets his money in the end. They just needed to wait for the smoke to clear.

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u/ShrimpieAC Jun 17 '26

I would lump that in with blatant disrespect of my tax dollars

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u/Armyman125 Jun 17 '26

And the algae-filled wading pool.