A lot of idiots will still believe the Republicans are "good at the economy".
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2026
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True, but given the GOP's election losses in 2025 and 2026, not enough of them.
Not that it matters. Democrats won't do anything about affordability either.
Not that it matters. Democrats won’t do anything about affordability either.
Yeah, the Democrats are a mix of assholes, ghouls, spineless jellyfish, and maybe some decent folks. It's sad that that's the best mainstream option, but I'd rather work with them than the frothing nightmares of the Republican party.
There's no good way out of this hell. But at least some socialists have won some elections
I think we're at the stage where we need a consitutional convention between states or just violence... like make the politicians scared to do ethical breaches.
It’s time for there to be 4 separate countries that each do thing their own way.
4 little americas, ya.... who gets the nukes??
Oh yes. And what was it we were getting from the pedo in chief’s war of choice again?
Oh yes. And what was it we were getting from the pedo in chief’s war of choice again?
Global distraction from the Epstein files and the fact that Trump raped children on that island.
For the small small price of dead Iranians, dead Americans, and a fucked global economy, Trump can keep those in the news instead of the files! Winning!!
No this wasn't a distraction from the Epstien files, its been a long term republican goal. They've been trying to do a war with Iran since before the war with Iraq
The only response he ever gives is "it's worth it so Iran can't have a nuclear weapon". He probably isn't even aware in his demented brain that... we already had that, nor that his and Biden's handling of the economy these last six years has increased people's poverty exponentially.
It was an "inexpensive price to pay" to let Iranians have their own unfrozen assets back in return for de-nuclearizing.
“it’s worth it so Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon”.
Trump is the one who withdrew the US's involvement from the Iran Nuclear Deal, which specifically prevented them from building nuclear weapons.
The irony of the US constantly justifying it's actions in dysregulating the middle east with nuclear arms when the US has some of the most nuclear arms and is one of the last countries on earth that should
And even worse, we only really oppose nuclear proliferation because for other countries to have nukes would decrease the value of our bully pulpit. North Korea has demonstrated that nukes are now essential if a country wants to be left alone.
Don't you like converting your tax dollars into killing brown people across the world?? Someone has too right? We've been at it my whole life.
Well, he and other rich cronies are getting richer! Ummm…. And let’s seeeeeee….. uhhhhhhhhhh distraction forom the plundering, Epstein, the continued slide to fascism.
Tremendous war, everyone is saying it!
You mean the war trump unilaterally started to deflect from his pervert degeneracy? That war?
The kind of war of aggression we had the Nuremberg trials over? That war?
You could give me $100,000 and I'd say fuck off with your fucking war.
If you actually believe that then have the government subsidize the price difference at the pump? Oh what's this, you mean its inexpensive because you dont have to pay it? That's on brand.
I think they’re already subsidizing it as much as they can and it’s still this expensive - oil companies get direct subsidies, we’ve been dipping into the national reserve and they approved adding more ethanol to the gas to bring prices down and sacrifice our fuel economy and add wear to our engines.
trump says "but my cronies are making bank!"
Kind of a bummer that I can't get in on those insider trading Signal chats he has.
What's old is new again.
A mere three years later we're being gaslit by a president with an evidently broken brain, who is clearly too old to be a functional head of state, and he's gaslighting us on the economy as if we don't have to open our own bills and do our own grocery shopping.
The only thing that's changed is the centrists are now pretending to care about affordability, where three years ago they were the ones telling us that things were just fine, even though our collective experience was that we were in a cost of living crisis. The shred of support Donald still possesses is insisting the same, though it's clear the crossover voters he gained in 2024 by pretending to care about affordability have been lost.
I wish I could get off this runaway train. Let's hope the dozen or so DSA's get elected and start some serious shit in Congress.
Well, from his POV no price is expensive if he's not the one paying it.
Do you see it yet, Magas? Do you?
See what? That he's a lying sack of shit that never intended to get them anything they wanted, or even ensure what they need?
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Then he can pay for it with his money and his life. Shame he included his kids in his child sex trafficking operation, and his political career. They'll also need to be executed
If it's that small a price, he can pay it.