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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Full “I don’t care” mode. Any pretenses of being president of a nation is gone, he’a treating the country like a throwaway business deal. Use it up, bankrupt it, take what he wants. I’d say hooker, but at least they get paid.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 2 points 36 minutes ago

He's got his new position as Supreme Leader of the Bored of Peace with 10s of thousands of troops, limitless funding, world-wide playground, and an array of henchmen ready to do his bidding.

It'll basically be the Wagner group on steroids. Funded by billionaires, for billionaires.

He isn't loyal to the U.S., it's just a stepping stone, and he has to make sure he collapses it from the inside out so it can't compete with his Bored of Peace army. He's counting on the U.S. military to collapse.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago

The quiet parts are never quiet anymore

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Bold strategy, Cotton

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 2 hours ago

Hitler blaming his generals, and forcing them to follow his ignorant losing strategies.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 52 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

He's a narcissist and a sociopath. He literally cannot comprehend other people's perspective. If he doesn't see a benefit for himself than it's not important.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You just also described most Republicans.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

The right in a nutshell. Selfish and greedy.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago

That's why it's so easy for him to rape and murder. From his perspective it's a good thing he fucked a child.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 60 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

And as usual no MAGA will ever hear about this. :(

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

If they did hear it, they’d just excuse it.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 7 points 2 hours ago

The most frustrating part.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 40 points 4 hours ago

Landlord doesn't give a fuck about housing costs. Shocking!

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 27 points 4 hours ago

My wife doesn't even look at me the way Mike "I don't recall" Johnson looks at that pedophile... I mean, God damn.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 35 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

When he says the quiet part aloud.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 23 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What he really meant was that "We (the rich) don't give a fuck about anybody else's life"

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

And his wording reveals that he moves so exclusively in those circles that he forgot ordinary Americans exist.

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago

Absofuckinglutely. When he speaks of the economy or any other topic relating to money, he’s not speaking to the rest of us. He has absolutely no ability to speak to or for us because he is not us.

He speaks for and to the wealthy, not because he doesn’t know we don’t exist but because he doesn’t care and doesn’t need to. So when he claims the economy is booming, when he claims that affordability is only a word that his opponents made up, and when he says shit like this about housing, he’s talking to his shareholders: the wealthy who hold his power and love having him as the face that distracts us from all they continue to take from us.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Forgot? He was never not filthy rich.

[–] voidsignal@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

He's been pretending. Which in the stupid US economy, is enough. "Just wish for it very very hard"

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This perfectly describes how much he lost touch with reality.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think he has ever touched reality.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 hours ago

Pretty sure reality is too old for him

[–] manxu@piefed.social 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Someone explain to this man the connection between affordability and housing. He may not know the two are intertwined.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 55 minutes ago

Would it make any difference? He doesn't give a fuck about affordability either, and neither does anyone else he would even notice.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"GOP housing bill" isn't a string of words I expected to read in 2026.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

The contents of which will read -

"If you or your shell company owns 50+ single family homes and/or 20+ apartment buildings then you'll be able to buy 500 more of either, or a combination of both fully subsidized by the American tax payer. If you don't have any home then fuck off!"

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

No conflict of interest here.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Cannot wait to see the Murc's Law take on this about how this is really the fault of the Democratic Party.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 hours ago

Promise: EVERYTHING

Deliver: NOTHING

Blame: ~~DAD OBAMA BIDEN STAFFER CANADA SHUTDOWN SUPREME COURT~~ DEMOCRATS