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[–] crozilla@lemmy.world 125 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That chart is pre-ballroom and Iran war, too.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 78 points 2 days ago (3 children)

His base: "we need a president to run this country like a business!"

Their guy: bankrupts every business he runs... including 6 casinos. (CASINOS! Fucking literal money printers...)

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

It's like a CEO of a company making bank at the expense of the company future.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

he only ever used the casino as monely laundering, like hes using with the USA. i heard some people mention if TRUMP WASNT lazy and invested index funds with his inheritence he would be ~100billionaire by now.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

And he just shoe horned in his new fed chair who will implement rate cuts and push us closer to needing a wheelbarrow to buy bread.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mere drops in the trillion dollars buckets

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The war is starting to be more than a drop in the bucket. It's only one order of magnitude less than what is shown on the graph.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

1 month alone, 92bn was spent on luxury vacations, dinner and personal items for the department of war.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

all that is going to the MIC grift.