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Amid deep cuts, USDA spent thousands on 31-foot Trump banners (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/usa@midwest.social

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At a time when the U.S. Department of Agriculture was slashing aid to schools and food banks in the name of fiscal responsibility, newly confirmed Secretary Brooke Rollins elected to spend thousands of dollars to purchase massive banners of President Donald Trump, one of which now hangs outside her department’s headquarters in Washington, DC, according to documents obtained by Salon.

In May, visitors to the nation’s capital noticed two, 31-foot additions to the USDA’s building on Independence Avenue, ostensibly intended to mark its 163rd anniversary: a banner featuring President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the bill creating the department, and another featuring Trump, both featuring the tagline: “Growing America Since 1862.”

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is some North Korean dear leader bullshit.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

try a little more east of the meridian and about 80-ish years ago.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 17 points 3 weeks ago

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like they're TRYING to look like a dictatorship now

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

They are.

[–] crt0o@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 weeks ago

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That banner is far too publicly exposed to not have been vandalized. It would look good on fire.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago

Too bad DC is a police state now.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Im not a narcissist. You're a narcissist!

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 weeks ago

Burn it

[–] Newsteinleo@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

That picture reminds me of when I was 14 and was trying to look tough. You know those cringy photos that we are all thankful we didn't post online.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Big Brother loves you.