"A good leader must be willing to take the credit when things go good and the blame when they go bad"- Grandma Longneck, The Land Before Time 7 (yes there are more than 7 Land Before Time movies)
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“I’m just saying [children] don’t need to have 30 dolls, they can have three, they don’t need to have 250 pencils, they can have five,” Trump said.
Before it was 2 dolls instead of 30, or a 93% reduction.
Now it's 5 pencils instead of 250, or a 98% reduction.
But more broadly, if I were Trump, I don't think that I'd be focusing public attention on standard-of-living reductions among American children.
Trump inherited a very healthy economy from Biden. The giant shitstorm that he has created is to blame for everything negative.
It's so extremely moronic that people voted for Trump because they thought he would fix inflation. 🙄
Trump inherited a very healthy economy from Biden
:-/ He inherited a big stock number from Biden.
But the US economy has been losing steam since the turn of the century. First Enron/Worldcomm, then the Great Recession, then COVID... critical components of the industrial and service sector in the US have been falling apart for decades. Energy, housing, health care, manufacturing, education, agriculture, technology, news media... we've been watching them consolidate ownership and corrode in quality well before Trump or Biden.
It’s so extremely moronic that people voted for Trump
They've been brain blasted with stupid by mass media that's screamed fascist ideology every year of their lives. Trump is a symptom of a public that's been told to venerate wealth and celebrity. Democrats nominating an invalid who dropped out after the first debate certainly didn't help, either.
It's extremely moronic that the election system has been fully captured by crooks and frauds. But the only response ever seems to be "You should have voted for the other guy."
People act based on emotions, specifically feeling like they're part of the in-group. You know the old saying "Would you jump off a bridge if your friends all were jumping, too?" Well, the answer is clearly yes. Most people are stupid like that.
I mean, we all are sometimes. It's impossible to know and verify everything so we trust our friends. But for some people it's reached a toxic level of "vaccines are bad" and "banning books is good"
I’m just saying [children] don’t need to have 30 dolls, they can have three, they don’t need to have 250 pencils, they can have five,” he added
This guy is so out of touch
Which colours are my children allowed to have sir?
- GOP sycophants
So much for "capitalism better because material wealth communism one toothbrush" etc etc..
Funny how things turned out
The only people I can think of that buy 250 pencils at once are teachers.
Illustrators.
OnlyFans models
Oh god. Do I want to know…?
Wait, there's a good part to the economy? 🤔
Well, if you bought the dip when he literally tweeted it, you'd be rolling in money by now! Its so simple, why aren't you on board???
/s...
Well, I moved my money into stocks and bonds outside the U.S., so there's that
Lmao same
I bet the golden bidet business is booming
This whole blame your predecessor for everything is just a privilege of the office. The problem is that you can't keep it up for long and the real pain from his policies are weeks and months away.
"Prepare three envelopes..."
His bullshitting is getting so lazy.
Trusting this guy must be a pretty wild trip.
This is the MAGAt playbook.
nottheonion aah headline
When these fakes say anything it's never the truth. I guess the point is they want us to get tired of them so we just don't even listen anymore.