Donald Trump delayed aid in response to 2018’s California wildfires because he felt the areas affected were too Democratic.
  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
    125·
    2 months ago

    People will say “what about Gaza?” when it comes to Kamala. It blows my fucking mind that they think Trump or some fake third party vote will do anything.

    Trump cares about Trump and how much you will suck him off.

    This election is between two selections. Trump and Harris…Full Stop!

  • Myxomatosis@lemmy.world
    67·
    2 months ago

    “The firefighters. They all came to me with tears streaming down their eyes. I remember Steve Buscemi was one of them. He was there,” recounted Fat Donald, “They said, ‘sir, we wanted to save them but they said they hate you. They were so mean.’ It was the biggest fire we’ve ever seen. So tremendous, nothing like it in history ever. We didn’t start these fires. It was always burning since the world’s been turning. Marciano, Liberace, Eisenhower, goodbye.“

  • Supervivens@lemmy.world
    56·
    2 months ago

    “This is Trump country — and they need your help,” DeSantis pitched Trump.

    “They love me in the Panhandle,” the former president said. “I must have won 90 percent of the vote out there. Huge crowds. What do they need?” Shortly after the conversation took place, Trump signed an executive order commanding the federal government to cover “100 percent of the total eligible costs” related to the hurricane response.

    Shortly before he took it upon himself to politicize the response to Helene, the former president threatened to withhold aid for natural disasters from Democratic strongholds.

    “We won’t give him money to put out all his fires,” Trump said of California Governor Gavin Newson, a Democrat, in September. “And, if we don’t give him the money to put out his fires. He’s got problems. He’s a lousy governor.”

    Seriously wtf

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      2 months ago

      Then California should use their own money to put out the fires rather than giving it to the federal government. We give more than we get.

    • abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us
      1·
      2 months ago

      This is sickening.

      There might be the occasional lone MAGA supporter living a closeted life in these areas. So in theory he’s willing to burn his own supporters to get … I’m not even sure what.

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      Definitely a contender, but only because so many enablers have given him an incredible amount of power. Otherwise, he’d be a pretty standard asshole businessman.

      • auzy@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 months ago

        I dunno mate… Even Bezo’s moved to more environmental packaging of his crap.

        Whereas Trump would blame the trees for causing global warming, and offer to package his chinese junk for extra money with a trading card made out of the suit he wore when he was engaging in the insurrection

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
    35·
    2 months ago

    I’ll never understand how Trump cultists can read things like this and still think he is a good choice for President.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
      15·
      2 months ago

      Have you watched a few hours of Fox? They have talking heads just blatantly lying about everything. It’s insane. And these people only watch Fox, nothing else. It’s the only place they get their info from.

      I had to watch it for a couple days this week, and it was eye opening. It’s seriously a full blown propaganda machine.

      • Asafum@feddit.nl
        6·
        2 months ago

        It’s so fucked up when trying to talk to people that only watch their primetime peanut gallery propaganda shit storm…

        I’ll never forget a conversation with my dad about fox. I told him “I won’t tell you not to watch Fox, watch it if you really want to, but stick to the actual journalist shows like Shepard Smith. The primetime shows are all opinion shows that just outright lie.”

        His response was “No, Shepard Smith is too opinionated. I prefer Hannity, he tells it like it is.”

        …the goddamn literal opinion show that has OPINION on the screen.

        • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
          4·
          2 months ago

          Have you ever seen the “comedy” guy? It’s their version of a late night show, and holy shit. It’s not only not funny at all, as in the jokes are legit not jokes, but it’s incredibly mean spirited. It’s craziness. The guy doesn’t smile or laugh at all during the entire show. Zero expressions, except for a cold dead frown.

          • Asafum@feddit.nl
            3·
            2 months ago

            I tried to search for an image to reply with so I searched “conservative humor mean image” and the like 3rd image was Gutfield lol

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
    33·
    2 months ago

    None of this is surprising. It feels like we hear shit like this every single day, and yet half the country still feels like they want this clown back in office.

    Propaganda is a helluva drug. Nancy Reagan would blush.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    20·
    2 months ago

    Trump does this MAGA assuming it’s affecting only Democrats.

    MAGA: Good. They deserve it.

    Trump lies about disaster relief aid being given too slowly from the Biden administration to assumed MAGA states.

    MAGA:

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      8·
      2 months ago

      I think it’s more that on the national level we’ve come to associate CA with “Liberal” so it is seen as a whole, without consideration for nuance of specific areas.

      Nuance in my politics!? Get out of here!