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[-] dudeface@lemmy.world 99 points 3 days ago

I travelled to the future and it didn’t happen btw

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 days ago

People are still waiting for him to pickup the check at that Cuban restaurant in Miami.

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

Shit. The GOP won?!

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[-] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 68 points 3 days ago

Didn't he also say we'd get tariff rebate checks?

[-] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago

Don't forget the DOGE checks...

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

By "we", he probably meant corporations. Not sure if any corporations effectively got "DOGE" checks, but they got tariff checks.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/economy/companies-got-tariff-refunds-wheres-your-cut

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

That was effectively forced by the supreme Court, not the administration. Administration planned to keep the money.

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[-] newton@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago

Shitpants talking shit

[-] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 58 points 3 days ago

Weren’t we supposed to get huuuuge tariff rebate checks as well…so yah…this isn’t happening. Smells like desperation.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago
[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

“You’ve made your ruling, let’s see you enforce it”

Where does political power come from?

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[-] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 46 points 3 days ago

I've spoken to multiple conservatives who believe this man is "saving America from socialism."

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago

Those people are idiots and you should refrain from talking to them.

[-] tunetardis@piefed.ca 9 points 3 days ago

But when they're family… actually, you're right.

[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

These are the same people who would kill their children to save their souls.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago

I mean, they're right, though I wouldn't use the word "saving". I'd rather be "saved" from raw, unbridled capitalism.

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[-] 1D10@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Oh another morality test for America, the last one was " will you vote for a corrupt rapist who has proven they are bad for the country, or a woman". This one is " knowing exactly how fucked everything you care about will become, will you still vote for it if a corrupt liar says they will give you money that they literally cannot give you"

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

A promise from the always does lies man!

Also, you've spent that and more on lost savings, higher gas, groceries, restaurants, fucking everything he broke.

Shoots you in the toe, cuts off both feet and then announces, "if you keep me around, everyone gets a single shoe!"

And if you're a loyal cult member all this time, do you have any issue with the gate here? Like... Why isn't he just giving you $5k today, or for the last election and and all the fascism you enabled? Almost sounds like he's full of shit and only a moron would believe anything he says.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

Illegal election tampering. Impeach.

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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 days ago

Or Trump agrees to add $1.7T to the National Debt if Republicans elected.

But this is what will really happen

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago

A classic anti-democratic and anti-socialist right wing argument is that people vote for the left because the left promises them government benefits.

Mitt Romney :

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president [Obama] no matter what... who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it... My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU FUCKING THINK GOVERNMENT IS FOR?????

......sorry, fascists just get under my skin sometimes. bleh.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago
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[-] Azal@pawb.social 13 points 3 days ago

Republicans when talking about min wage: "We can't give out money, or else inflation happens, learn something!"

Republicans when voting comes up: "HAVE FREE MONEY!"

[-] Sunflier@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Why don't they just give it now? They control all 3 branches.

[-] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Well, you see, Joe Biden...

[-] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago
[-] Sunflier@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Barack HUSSEIN Obama

[-] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 20 points 3 days ago

They'll get it right alongside their DOGE checks. Which are coming any day now. Believe me.

[-] DrSoap@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I'm sad there are no repercussions. This shouldn't be allowed. Its not okay. Even saying it isn't okay.

Election meddling isn't okay.

[-] Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

It’s not ok that politicians on both parties are controlled by corporations. But here we are. Our political system is so bad I’m not even surprised they’d win with this lie

[-] VeryVito@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

How about if he just stops fucking kids and protecting his kid-fucking cartel?

[-] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Democrats should counter that they’ll pay double whatever the Republicans pledge (min $10k, max $30k), paid entirely by a wealth tax on assets over $1 billion if they win a filibuster-proof supermajority.

Billionaires actually have enough assets to get to $30.6k per person, so Democrats wouldn’t even have to tax their assets above $1 billion at 100% to get there.

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[-] blastosist@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

Another MAGA IQ test.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

The check is always in the mail with this guy.

[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Trump is a lying sack of shit.

[-] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

What a dam jackass. Why doesn't he just say we'll all get ponies and hot pants while he's at it?

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[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

Seems as democratic as russia.

[-] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Assuming there are about 250M adults in the US, $5K for everyone would ring up a bill of at least $1.25T. Im sure the party of no handouts and fiscal responsibility did this math though.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

on the one hand this is stupid, on the other hand he was elected by stupid people, so upon reflection it will probably work as a motivation.

[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago
[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

Free IVF for everyone!

Remember that promise too?

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I have people in my family that said they voted for him in 2016 because they thought he was going to make childcare free or something. I tried to explain that not only is that not a conservative thing, but also that he's a total fraud.

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[-] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago

I've heard you don't always pay your debts. I'll take mine in advance please.

[-] raptore39@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So, socialism? (From those vehemently opposed to it)

[-] chahn.chris@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago

Trump is the most predictable human to ever have lived because if he’s speaking you can be sure he’s not telling the truth. It’s a 100% guarantee.

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[-] Corvidae@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

It's a low-ball figure. $5000 would last us about a month. Rent, Utilities, Food & more, it all adds up. The election is for a period of 24 months, not 1 month. A reasonable monetary figure that isn't a lowball would be $120,000 ---> $5000 a month for 24 months.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago

Wait.a.minute that sure sounds like UBI, ya filthy (animal) socialist! ;-)

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago

Make it $10K, and I'll consider it, but I want 50% up front.

(Fuck this treasonous pedophile, I'll take his money, and still vote for the most Commie candidates I can find)

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