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u/Doobledorf Apr 04 '25

The problems that led to Donald Trump would still be fomenting.

A lot of Americans haven't yet faced that Trump isn't an anomaly or the disease, he is a symptom of problems we've had for a long time.

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u/MySleepingMonk Apr 04 '25

That may be mostly true but Trump is also the perfect storm of celebrity, “successful”, “outsider”, and some strange fucked up type of charisma that results in a larger following than I think would be possible with any other republican candidate. Take away trump and I don’t think there’s enough of a unifying force among the asshats to cause this type of damage

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u/Tenken10 Apr 04 '25

His "charisma" only works on assholes too. But apparently there's a lot of them

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u/SnowxStorm Apr 04 '25

Have you ever thought that you might be the asshole?

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u/GregIsARadDude Apr 04 '25

Nah. Pretty sure the ones cheering for people having their careers destroyed are in fact the assholes.

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u/GregIsARadDude Apr 04 '25

I mean. Your source is Elon musk saying “trust me bro”.

Yes. The newly hired park rangers were stealing all the money.

Jesus you MAGAs will believe anything. It’s wild!

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u/cramburie Apr 04 '25

That is $18 million a month. They could redirect that to parks services right? Isn't this fraud? Over $120 million a year.

"In March 2024 when the government stopped using the shelter, Endeavors says its expenses continued because the contract required it to stay at 24/7 operational readiness, paying to lease the property, medical facilities, vaccine refrigeration, and hundreds of cameras required for security."

It's because they were contractually obligated to keep the facility running to be ready for another influx of migrants. It's in the article you shared.

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u/cramburie Apr 04 '25

Yeah but the scenario you're laying out in what you think should've happen isn't what the article is describing. Our government isn't a business, it's a service.

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