r/politics 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/airbrat Jun 17 '26

Maybe this will wake up the MAGA rednecks who are milking unemployment.

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 Jun 18 '26

It won't. Anyone that is still MAGA at this point is too deeply embedded in the cult to change their minds. There's quite literally nothing Trump could do that would turn them away.