Trump

[Beany]

No, that worked, but it doesn't embed in here. It works if you click through though.

[240PP]

What could possibly be wrong with this

Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62kzr1jg0jo

[V8Granite]

They could re-direct all the childcare money that was being scammed and probably pay double that!

Dave!

[dinny_g]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597

18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
U.S. Code

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)

It's staggering at this stage... Just when you think he can't get any worse, he nails it...

[mik]

It's staggering at this stage... Just when you think he can't get any worse, he nails it...

That. It’s definitely shaping up to be “interesting”. Or maybe that should be “terrifying”.

[DaveE]

For balance though, it's not just Trump

From the same BBC article..

For instance, Democrats in Georgia promised $2,000 relief payments if their party took control of the Senate at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

[GG.]

Not exactly the same but I remember living in Hong Kong and seeing on the MTR adverts that they had a record budget surplus that year so were giving tax refunds to permanent residents. If only!!

https://www.reanda-international.com/ne ... highlights

6k HKD so about 600 quid.

[Matty]

Futurama already covered this....$5000 probably still only buys you 300 coffees.

[dinny_g]

JD Vance has rolled back somewhat on the $5000 promise...

Worrying that he it the voice of reason...ish

[mik]

Given the % of blatant lies that come from his face - how many people would believe that the money would ever appear?

[240PP]

Given the % of blatant lies that come from his face - how many people would believe that the money would ever appear?

Every single Trump supporter.

[Rich B]

Weren’t there similar promises of payments to the people from DOGE and the tariffs? Did they happen?

[Beany]

Weren’t there similar promises of payments to the people from DOGE and the tariffs? Did they happen?

Fake news, you communist immigrant lover, etc.

The whole thing is a death cult.

[Sundayjumper]

Weren’t there similar promises of payments to the people from DOGE and the tariffs? Did they happen?

Nope. Also a $1776 payment to military, that turned out to be instead of housing allowance. The allowance wasn’t taxable, but the 1776 was, so it was actually a net loss in income.

[Sundayjumper]

Weren’t there similar promises of payments to the people from DOGE and the tariffs? Did they happen?

Fake news, you communist immigrant lover, etc.

The whole thing is a death cult.

This. And he somehow still has a 38% approval. More than a third of the country looks at all this stuff and goes “yep, top bloke, nice work”

[Nefarious]

This. And he somehow still has a 38% approval. More than a third of the country looks at all this stuff and goes “yep, top bloke, nice work”

The bit that's hard for us to get our heads round is just *how* much some of the relative moderates *hate* the democrats/government in general. Fox News spent a lot of years laying the groundwork for this shitshow.

[DaveE]

This. And he somehow still has a 38% approval. More than a third of the country looks at all this stuff and goes “yep, top bloke, nice work”

The bit that's hard for us to get our heads round is just *how* much some of the relative moderates *hate* the democrats/government in general. Fox News spent a lot of years laying the groundwork for this shitshow.

I suspect lots of people holding their noses and voting republican because the alternative is clearly communism

[Mito Man]

Democrats have to take some blame in this. They kept Biden in way too long and then replaced him with a black/Indian woman. In ass backwards America.
Gave it to Trump on a plate.

[IanF]

The whole country seems to be built for people with 30sec attention spans and no substance beyond headlines

[Sundayjumper]

A good read as to why 9/11 was the beginning of the end for America, including the rise of trump:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng- ... ark-legacy