One angle I'm always thinking about is how much free stuff Trump promised. There are people currently expecting 1) no income tax under $200k, 2) free IVF, 3) a baby bonus, 4) a $5000 "DOGE dividend." And there is no plan to do that stuff! Just campaign rhetoric.
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No, writes @ddale8.bsky.social, Trump did not warn voters during the campaign that his tariffs would require a “transition period.” He said they would make voters “so rich” and are “not going to be a cost to you,” with none of his current rhetoric about temporary issues. www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
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Man, it really would have been nice to have a mainstream media that stated this like 8 months ago. Oh well
#Worst1st100DaysEver
Totally knocked it out of the park (after firing Smoky and
the other Rangers)
Friends and acquaintances lost life - changing amounts of money because they believed him.
He’ll just say he did it, and least informed 30% of the electorate will just have NewsMax and tiktok tell them that it happened.
Welcome to #GlibHub
pro tip: glibness (glib) is essentially a synonym for facility (facile).
The main things are what the GOP always does: Cut benefits (SNAP, Medicaid) and cut taxes for rich people.
It is malicious demagoguery.
Prenatal care is more than that. Delivery is more. Childcare is $1k (or more) a month. Diapers, formula, food, clothes, all that…$5k is nothing.
Hollow promises
How is it that sixth graders can detect bullshit candidate promises better than Trump supporters?
- to ban homework!
- to increase recess time!
- only chocolate milk in the cafeteria!
(I don’t know if they’ll do anything other than be mad about it, but they are slowly realizing they’ve been had)
The Find Out phase is really gonna sting.
The burden is yours!
Say thank you!!
On the other hand, Democrats are adults so if they promise to give you a 10 foot tall unicorn but they only deliver a 9 foot 11 inch unicorn, they should be put to the fires.
Tell Me Everything Is
All RIGHT"..
(Jonny Lang)
Wonder who will be the fall guy for this not happening?
"Well, you see, Sleepy Joe Biden left us such a terrible economy, just terrible, terrible like you wouldn't believe.
When we got in here, we couldn't believe the mess he made. And Kamala. Kamala. But if not for me, it would be even worse."
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5094454/trump-tells-town-hall-crowd-that-he-supports-free-ivf-treatments
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-breaks-major-campaign-promise-220428019.html
Only thing he has succeeded on is shutting down the border
They're lies. They were lies then and they knew it. "Campaign lies." Out of the mouth of a compulsive liar, known to say literally anything to make himself look good.
Honestly if people got duped by this, his steak business just needed more advertising.
As someone who worked in the service sector... When you're young, the "untaxed" cash tips are nice. When you're older, you realize you didn't get SS 'credits' for them.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/corbyn-may-young-voters-labour-surge
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