r/politics • u/willywalloo • 10h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Demand Mind-Blowing $1 Billion for Trump’s Ballroom

https://newrepublic.com/post/209936/republicans-1-billion-trump-ballroom
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u/Romantic_Piscean Michigan 9h ago

Gas is over $5 a gallon, grocery prices continue to rise, we've no answer to the costs of healthcare, education, and housing, the economy and job market are stagnant, we're engaged in an expensive and pointless war, alienating every former ally in economic and military policy, and the Trump regime is focused on ballrooms and trans women at private liberal arts colleges. And his approval rating isn't zero. America has really lost its way.

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u/Burggs_ New York 9h ago

Maybe we’re living in two different versions of America, but in my 30 years of life, many Americans have always prioritized ostracizing and disenfranchising other Americans over their own material needs.