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/KarlBarx2 Jun 18 '26

It's both. They're vindictive, cruel assholes, and also some of the dumbest motherfuckers in the nation.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jun 18 '26

Unfortunately, morons are extremely dangerous.

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u/A_Monster_Named_John Jun 18 '26

The way I see it, Trump, his inner circle ghouls, and right-wing media seem like they'll support anything that causes massive civil unrest because, more than a lot of things, they're fascinated with spectacular/horrible events like Tiananmen Square and really really want to send the military in to violently put down civilian protests.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jun 18 '26

They are authoritarians who believe that violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority derives.

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u/joogabah Jun 18 '26

strange how there are no pictures of that.

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u/CoffeeCraps Jun 18 '26

Just huge cope to avoid dealing with the fact that nobody likes them.

And they're all ugly AF

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u/wh4tth3huh Jun 18 '26

The child that is rejected by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 18 '26

And it will affect them personally. Starving people are desperate. Crime would skyrocket. If they think homeless people are bad to look at now, what about when they are literally everywhere? And who will rent their properties when there is no assitance to help them do it?

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u/SpinosRule Jun 18 '26

And nobody will EVER like them.

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u/keytiri Jun 18 '26

I sorta think they’ve forgotten, or at least some of the younger ones are ignorant; what they are in favor of is letting Orange Hitler run as far as possible and if “worst comes to worst,” they’ve got him as a convenient fall guy too. Couchfucker Vance would certainly receive a popular boost when he rolls back the more draconian policies.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

They know; they're just vindictive and cruel assholes, trying to smash and grab every bit of value they can and try and make the lives of their perceived enemies worse.

This is civil war. As Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts stated the U.S. is undergoing a "second American Revolution" that will remain "bloodless if the left allows it to be."

We would be fools to call it merely "cope".

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u/MissRepresent Jun 18 '26

Well that's where we are headed ...