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Reality check: Trump pledged to end the program in 2016.

Called it. When push comes to shove, Trump is always going to side with the ultra-rich.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldOP
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      25 days ago

      Followers aren’t abandoning Trump over one issue. TBH Elon will probably tamp this down by manipulating Twitter.

      But this is a preview of things to come, as Axios notes.

      • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        25 days ago

        TBH Elon will probably tamp this down by manipulating Twitter.

        He already is. He’s demonetizing any right wing chuds that oppose him on this and they’re melting down over it. It’s hilarious.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      25 days ago

      Also me, though. I was hoping H1B visa status would die a well deserved death. It’s basically indistinguishable from indentured servitude and causes massive issues in having a free and equitable labor market.

      I don’t personally agree with any limits on immigration but if we’re going to have limits then everyone we admit should be treated no different from a citizen in most ways - they shouldn’t be tied to specific employers or anything else that will cause domestic wage deflation.

      Fuck Trump with a rusty dildo - but I was hoping he, and not Elon, came out on top in this one.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldOP
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      25 days ago

      Its actually very worrying.

      He’s already killed a budget bill and defied a MAGA bread and butter policy issue, for his obvious benefit, back-to-back with zero real pushback. His bounds seem basically unlimited.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        25 days ago

        I’m predicting that Musk will be fired within a year of Trump’s reign.

        Didn’t r/legaladvice have an ongoing betting pool of who was going to get fired next?

        Maybe we need to start one here.

        • frezik@midwest.social
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          25 days ago

          It’s not obvious Trump can fire him. Musk didn’t only contribute to the Trump campaign, but also brought in tech billionaire friends. Earlier in the year, the GOP National Convention was running on pocket change. It’s quite possible Musk brought in the cash they desperately needed, and they expect a return on that investment.

          Trump might have needed a reminder about who is actually in charge.

          • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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            25 days ago

            Trump doesn’t care about the Republican party. Nor does he honour agreements. Hell use them while they benefit him, financially or otherwise. Then dump them when it suits him to. He expects loyalty, he doesn’t give it. The question is will this happen before or after musk gets what he wants. Or if musk just wants power and has not got a single objective.

            • frezik@midwest.social
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              25 days ago

              He can ignore the little people. He can’t ignore the people who saved his campaign. Even though this is his last term (probably), they can chew him up in other ways if he doesn’t fall in line.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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        25 days ago

        Defied MAGA bread and butter

        Lol, he’s done with MAGA. He got his term, he has no further use for his supporters or their agenda. Discard them like toilet paper.

    • Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      The man sent a literal mob to attack the capital, has been convicted of multiple crimes, and openly admitted to more. Teflon Don doesn’t care about dirt.

    • orcrist@lemm.ee
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      25 days ago

      Not necessarily. Trump can’t pass legislation without Republican support in Congress, and those peope have their own values (and bribery goals). All of this before he takes power, and his power is only good for the next two years anyway.

    • Phegan@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Or trump just sides with the money. It’s not always a conspiracy and it’s a disservice to believe there is.

      • GenXLiberal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        25 days ago

        I think it is exactly this simple: money.

        The entire congress can be bought either outright or with the threat of a primary challenger that is extremely well funded. That will get whoever the ultra-rich wants in line.

        We are entirely screwed. I hope I’m wrong though.

        • MrVilliam@lemm.eeEnglish
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          25 days ago

          I had a conversation with a coworker about this a while ago. He said that something he liked about trump was that he already had money so he wouldn’t be able to be bought. I said that he has it exactly backwards. The kind of people who amass that amount of wealth in our society have felt the power of large wealth firsthand and know that more money is always better for them. Increasing the number in their bank account becomes exponentially more important, the higher it goes. The wealthy have proven their utmost allegiance to wealth, so they’ll be the first to sell out.

          There’s an exchange in The Simpsons that has never stopped being relevant:

          • You know, Mr. Burns, you’re the richest guy I know. Way richer than Lenny.
          • Oh, yes. But I’d trade it all for a little more.

          Imagine betting that your prepper neighbor with 30 guns won’t buy a 31st gun “because he already has so many”.

  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    25 days ago

    Hilarious, south african oligarch imports talent to exploit instead of hiring American and the people who voted for his puppet are shocked. Literally everyone tried to tell them it was a grift, so if we all gotta suffer I’m going to be laughing at them the whole way.