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Kablooie

(18,897 posts)
Wed May 14, 2025, 07:02 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump's model for the US.

I get the impression that Trump's goal is to turn the US into a version of North Korea.

He keeps cutting government functions that create jobs, improves lives and boosts the public economy.
All that unspent money will sit in government coffers until top officials use it to maintain obscene, rich and luxurious lifestyles.

The US will become a country where the top leaders live in luxury while the population starves.
It's not a new concept and it's just the kind of country that Trump would want to live in.



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Trump's model for the US. (Original Post) Kablooie 18 hrs ago OP
He's pillaging and plundering Faux pas 18 hrs ago #1
Yes, he clearly sees himself as king Johonny 18 hrs ago #2
Let us not forget underpants 18 hrs ago #3
or Saudi Arabia DBoon 17 hrs ago #4
Russia. Ursus Rex 17 hrs ago #5

Johonny

(23,590 posts)
2. Yes, he clearly sees himself as king
Wed May 14, 2025, 07:11 PM
18 hrs ago

And the government serves the king, not the people.

Ursus Rex

(372 posts)
5. Russia.
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:01 PM
17 hrs ago

Oligarchs, a veneer of respectability conferred by former glory, a corrupt bureaucracy, absolutely minimal infrastructure and then only where the leader needs it to exercise his power ie Moscow.

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