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In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump also outlined a White House renovation he hopes to carry out — which he said he will pay for himself.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Trump's Triumph Parade

He will be wearing orange-face to represent himself as the orange-faced god Trump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Just think of all the benefits like and

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Trump also outlined a White House renovation he hopes to carry out — which he said he will pay for himself.

Makes sense as he more than likely doesn't plan on leaving...

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

“Everyone else gets one doll, I get golden statues and parades, because I am the greatest and you guys are so selfish and greedy for wanting more then one doll, that’s like taking a golden calf from my back patio, and that would just make me so angry, because I am the greatest, that’s why I get all the dolls for my birthday parade. Suffer for me, and I’ll make sure you don’t suffer as my boot is on your neck”

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Can someone just give him some peanuts and skip the parade?

[–] [email protected] 221 points 5 days ago (4 children)

military parades have no value

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Except to piss off your troops. I HATED being in parades to celebrate some general or another retiring. Then there's the potential for heat injuries and troops just passing out from standing so long.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sounds about right. You really want to honor the troops then how about taking that money and cutting every active and reservist soldier a check?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

Or not gutting the VA.

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[–] [email protected] 129 points 5 days ago (2 children)

For the strongest military in the world, it's degrading. This is pure government waste. Only a malignant narcissist could find value in this.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (2 children)

True.

But what's also true is the fighter pilot flyovers, anthem, and pledge of allegiance. All of them are problematic and should have ended long ago.

Like, I just get tired of people acting like trump came out of nowhere and shit was perfect.

We can't just keep watching the right destroy shit, then settle for a pause in the damage. We need to start fixing shit before there's nothing left to be fixed.

America replaced patriotism with nationalism decades ago, and refusing to address it will make another trump a question of "when" not "if".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I agree on the whole anthem/pledge thing, but flyovers do have at least some value in that they give pilots flight hours. Those planes would have to be in the air anyway for training, so they might as well use them for advertising via flyovers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But what’s also true is the fighter pilot flyovers,

Not positive on this one, but I think pilots need to regularly fly a certain number of hours in different types of aircraft to maintain their pilot rating or improve it. If they have to fly anyway, at least this way taxpayers get to see what they're paying for instead of the same flight hours occurring over some desert or mountain range far away from people.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I post this to mock the premise of the whole thing, especially the part where he’ll “pay for it himself.” The only thing he pays for is sex, lawyers, and bribes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Remember the last thing trump promised that would paid for? Did we get that check from Mexico for the wall yet from your first term, Mr trump?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You think he pays directly for sex?

The glove-bedecked intern leaves it on the bedstand

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

The ironic thing is that this time he probably can pay for it, now that he has turned his second presidency into a bribe magnet through the power of Crypto Shitcoins. He won't, but he can.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He doesn't even pay his lawyers. I'm willing to bet he's refused to pay a few hookers as well.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It’s amazing how he hit that level of scumbag where the default response is victim blaming, anytime there’s a story about him not paying it always ends up at “are you surprised? That’s what he does.”

That’s still wrong though? I hate how he gets such a free pass

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've always gotten, "well yeah, it's smart not to pay, that's why he's a good businessman"

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