r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/alextheruby 1d ago

He would’ve been a$$assinated

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u/BigBoyYuyuh 1d ago

You know…typically the only time rich people get punished is when they lose other rich people’s money. He’s losing everyone money. Lew Squeegee

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u/DimbyTime 1d ago

Rich people will still come out even better after all of this. Tanking the economy will allow them to buy up more and more land, homes, and other assets that working class folks Will no longer be able to afford

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u/grammernOtgood 1d ago

I remember a conspiracy theory back in 2008/9 that was the same Maybe it's just a coincidence that the multi millionaires and billionaires have exponentially grown their wealth since then by buying cheap assets - and now they'd like to do it again with "their president".

Tax the rich.