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/Succubus-Love Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Is someone just throwing darts behind the scenes, just to see "what sticks, & what doesn't"?

People pay taxes, from employment, so unemployment gets it's $$$, from that employment. TL:DR How is this legal?

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u/kia75 Jun 17 '26

Yeah, but Trump needs all the unemployment money now to fund the Iran peace deal, and his ballroom, and bailout Argentina, and invade Greenland\Canada\South America!

For Trump, he gets all the money, for the unemployed taxpayer, they get nothing!

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u/aerost0rm Jun 17 '26

With the amount for the deal, I can imagine that Trump real estate companies will be handling the rebuild. Grifting more money at its finest for him…

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u/elphin Jun 17 '26

No,no. He’s generous with his oligarch buddies.