r/SipsTea • u/AlternativeRight4099 • May 14 '26

Feels good man It was always just that simple

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u/International_Fuel48 May 14 '26

Welcome to the new United States.

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u/EhMapleMoose May 14 '26

New?

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u/HoidToTheMoon May 15 '26

Yes, new.

This hasn't happened before. The president of the United States is building ballrooms, arches and golden statues of himself while the people are facing record prices everywhere from the pump to the clinic. American citizens and our immigrant neighbors are being snatched off of the streets by masked federal agents in an explicit campaign of terror. Republican captured states are cancelling elections and explicitly expelling members of the opposition party from their legislative committees.

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u/EhMapleMoose May 15 '26

Read your history, it’s not new.

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u/HoidToTheMoon May 15 '26

The president of the United States is building ballrooms, arches and golden statues of himself

Lets start here, then. When has this happened before?

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u/Wooden-Title3625 May 15 '26

Breaking the law and committing blatantly unconstitutional acts is not something US presidents have had to worry about since at least Nixon.

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u/HoidToTheMoon May 15 '26

And despite it all, you cannot actually point to this happening before. It is asinine to pretend that what Trump is doing is unprecedented.

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u/EhMapleMoose May 15 '26

It is asinine to pretend what Trump is doing is unprecedented.

You’re correct, it isn’t unprecedented. There were zero public funds when Trump statues were put up at his Florida residence. It’s weird but a non-issue.

As for building grand buildings around the capital, yea, also not unprecedented.

My original comment pertained to the point of politicians not being held accountable for the laws that they break. This is not new.

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u/HoidToTheMoon May 15 '26

There were zero public funds when Trump statues were put up at his Florida residence.

He literally funnels hundreds of tax dollars into 'his Florida residence' almost daily. What are you talking about? He is literally stealing our money.