• @SpaceNoodle
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    248 months ago

    But he wouldn’t rid the government of the people making them poor, unless you mean that he’d replace them with people making them even poorer.

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      98 months ago

      We know that. Unfortunately, “draining the swamp” is the narrative his supporters have accepted as truth.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        Is that a phrase they use ? there’s an anti-establishment ring to it, I suppose that’s the gist. (I am not in the US, lacking a bit of context)

        • theprogressivist
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          38 months ago

          Yup, and ironically, he’s and his cronies ARE the swamp.

          • @[email protected]
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            58 months ago

            Swamps are useful, with a lot of biological diversity.

            Trump and the people that follow/vote for him are more like used pieces of toilet paper.

        • @disguy_ovahea
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          38 months ago

          Lucky. haha

          Trump has been saying he’s going to drain the swamp of all the criminals in Congress and the White House since 2015.

          • @Crashumbc
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            28 months ago

            He wants to, just the “other” criminals, so he replace them with his criminals…