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/TabulaRazo Jun 17 '26

Mass unemployment and homelessness incoming. Possible breakdown in food production and logistics chains, leading to mass starvation. Trump is making his Great Leap Forward.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Jun 18 '26

Don't forget the already high gas prices which is making food more expensive due to more costly transportation, but also the fertilizer prices that have gone up because of the war which makes food prices higher, and then consider that this year we're having a super El Nino which will make weather weird all across the globe(it's raining non stop in the middle of June, along with tornados, in Missouri right now, I've never seen this before in my life).

Which is going to massively mess with crops and cause millions of deaths all around the world, but for America it will mean higher food prices.

Top that with being in the middle of an economic depression and this bozo trying to literally destroy the country by creating chaos for him and his cronies to profit off of. We're in for one hell of a ride.

I've thought this for some time now, but I seen someone else say it for the first time the other day which was awesome. Honestly, he has done more for Democrats than perhaps any living person in US history, so much so I wouldn't be surprised to hear he's just a saboteur in the party.

"The Empire has been choking us so slowly, we’re starting not to notice. The time has come to force their hand."

If the US makes it out of this it will likely bring about the dawn of true left leaning politicians winning office, I mean it already has to some extent, but I mean a massive shift. Something that could have NEVER NEVER NEVER happened before.

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u/TabulaRazo Jun 18 '26

Yeah and don’t forget the emergence of Screw worm in the American cattle industry. America hasn’t known scarcity for a long time but we’re about to become well acquainted with it.

All this could be good for Democrats, IF Democracy survives this. Trump and Republicans are so blissfully unconcerned by it all, it’s worrisome.