Other half of this: It comes as the White House is saying Americans might have to sacrifice because of the trade disruptions caused by the president's tariffs (e.g. all those doll quotes); meanwhile, Trump's getting himself a jumbo jet. - ThreadSky

ndhapple.bsky.social • 17 days ago

Other half of this: It comes as the White House is saying Americans might have to sacrifice because of the trade disruptions caused by the president's tariffs (e.g. all those doll quotes); meanwhile, Trump's getting himself a jumbo jet.

Reposted from Brian Stelter

"The plane" is easily digestible, even more so than "Signalgate" was. It is more than a one- or two-day story. We're on day FIVE now. It's becoming shorthand for all of Trump's stabs at personal enrichment while in office. cnn.it/43fWpUh

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ourcommondefense.bsky.social•17 days ago

Trump's Senate enablers finally got their tax increase on lower- and middle-class Americans through the Trump Tariffs, without a specific recorded vote, now they can reward themselves with a tax cut.

thelordgod.bsky.social•17 days ago

And yet none of it will matter, no one will get fired, the plane will get acquired for Trump and authoritarian kleptocracy will continue apace.

Because America is so badly, badly broken.

djleemd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Trump is getting bitcoin revenue hand over fist. Hasn’t and won’t pay taxes. Hasn’t begun to pay on his defamation lawsuits he lost and is personally benefiting from stock manipulation and the tariff agreements. But ok Americans, keep listening to that joker. We’ll never learned until it’s too late

virginialady16.bsky.social•17 days ago

Not to mention it’s big, old, and very expensive to fly. America is what, a billion deep building a replacement Air Force One. We aren’t getting that money back from Boeing. And we’ll be stuck maintaining and fueling Trumps new #albatross.