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Trump may try to buy off Americans with DOGE refund scam. (www.dailykos.com)

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s considering sending money directly to Americans, using funds from the claimed savings of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

From the article:

“We’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens and 20% down to pay back debt,” Trump said at a conference of business executives in Florida. “If it were a real-estate balance sheet, the debt is tiny, but we still, we still want to pay it down.”

Even if DOGE’s recovered savings could be split among the American people and the federal deficit—with 20% going toward each—it’s unclear what the president’s plans are for the leftover 60%.

Yeah, so guess who's going too get the rest of it even if it's something that stayed in his head for more than 5 minutes