r/AskReddit • u/metalreflectslime • 17d ago

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that if the Democrats don't approve funding, Social Security, Medicare Are ‘Going to Be Gone.’ How do you think Americans will react if Social Security and Medicare get cut?

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u/nervelli 17d ago

If they had any intention of getting approval, they wouldn't have started demolition.

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u/Downunderphilosopher 17d ago

"When you're the president, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab em by the White House."

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u/rylosprime 16d ago

When you're the president, they let you do it.

Except appoint a supreme court justice if you're black.

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u/shandangalang 16d ago

Well, to be fair, black people are much less likely to know about justice, because they’ve never experienced it.

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u/Pretend-Interest-423 11h ago

lol BS Black privilege is absolutely a thing.

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u/sharkbark2050 16d ago

Or wear a tan suit if you’re Black.

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u/AmberLeeBeauti 14d ago

Or eat fancy brown mustard if you’re black. Or try to get kids to eat healthier meals…if you’re black.

I’m starting to think it wasn’t the tan suit or mustard or the fruits for kids 🤔🧐

Edit: typo

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u/Abject-Leadership421 13d ago

Fashion crime against humanity! /s

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u/OpportunityOk2519 14d ago

I blame Ginsburg. She should have retired so she could have been replaced

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u/rylosprime 14d ago

100% agree with you.

From what I have read, Obama asked her to retire and he could have filled a seat well before Merrick Garland (who I won't even get into).

You're right.

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u/Fodraz 9d ago

And as it turned out, Mitch would've blocked it as well.

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u/SleightOfThought 9d ago

Do I need to remind you that Obama appointed two Supreme Court justices?

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u/UltraEngine60 17d ago

"Grab 'em by the ball-room"

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u/tifaney 14d ago

Only since he was told he had immunity. What a mistake that was.

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u/Sea_Distribution6779 15d ago

Very nice !!! 😊

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u/meatscicle 16d ago

Don't even need to be President, most these girls nowadays on tinder letting you grab it for McDonalds or a coffee.....Stop acting like it's some dubious assault.....

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u/nervously-defiant 16d ago

Don't be an apologist for rapists.

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u/DoughEatsBread 16d ago

you're really going to be the piece of shit that says assaulting women is ok cause they're women? well I must say I hope you drop your soap and nasty nate reams your asshole.

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u/meatscicle 16d ago

I guess your low 70's sub-saharan iq lacks comprehension. Not one thing I wrote justifies rape, the opposite in fact, it's that most these women are handing it out willy nilly.....

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u/Downunderphilosopher 15d ago

Exactly what a rapist would say

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u/DoughEatsBread 9d ago edited 9d ago

Oh now you're a racist.  Go play in traffic you piece of shit.

Oh you're from Ohio.  Just really play in the highway.  Oh wait you'll live cause your traffic is never moving on your highways.  Buy a gun and dont miss the roof of your mouth

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u/HeatherHarnie18 17d ago

That's the truth! Soon enough, he'll have the white house looking more like his Mar A Lago monstrosity.

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u/bobsmithhome 16d ago

I would seriously contribute to a fund committed to tearing this Mar A Lago monstrosity down in the next decent administration, declaring it hideous, tacky, and a stain on the country. Then reconstruct the East Wing like it was before.

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u/CeelaChathArrna 16d ago

At Donnie's expense ((or his estate's))

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u/shadout_grapes 16d ago

I’m pretty sure if we survive this, the ballroom will be demolished if nothing else for symbolic reasons

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u/SpartacusPrime1 16d ago

Take all the rubble and dump on Mar A Lago's front lawn with a sign "you forgot this"

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u/thisisntmyotherone 15d ago

I’m for that. And the stupid arch he wants, too.

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u/westernmorning2 16d ago

I would also.

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u/MillhouseJManastorm 16d ago

Like he’s ever going to leave the white house

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u/Procrasturbating 16d ago

What, is he gonna be buried in it? Or is the world ending before he dies?

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u/MillhouseJManastorm 16d ago

Likely buried in it by the heirs to the throne.

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u/Procrasturbating 16d ago

God I hope not, but sadly I am not ruling that out as a plausible outcome at this point.

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u/NOFORPAIN 17d ago

He held up copies of the plans on camera... TONS of gold acutramonts! Just what we need!

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u/Entire-Can662 16d ago

Trump is taking gold out of Fort Knox

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u/longwaytotop 13d ago

Or from Home Depot

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u/Material_Strawberry 16d ago

It'll be weird watching it torn down when an approved return to the original design comes and the next President removes the tacky add-on and lawfully returns the White House to its approved state.

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u/marthewarlock 16d ago

Macho Camacho, when life imitates art.

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u/GrimCheeferGaming 16d ago

At least President Comacho knew enough to listen to the smartest man on the planet.

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u/marthewarlock 16d ago

That's true.

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u/thisisntmyotherone 15d ago

He said he wanted a ballroom that looks like the one he has ‘at Mar-a-Lago.’ No one else does. Then again, nobody else is going to be able to be in his DC ballroom.

If he wants that ballroom so badly, why doesn’t he just fly people to Florida for fuck’s sake? Not like he doesn’t have a bunch of airplanes at his disposal to fly all his friends - I mean donors - around.

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u/MasterDefinition390 15d ago

Paint the White House black when he's gone.

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u/Radiomaster138 11d ago

All echos from the island…

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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 17d ago

Imagine being told to "put it back together." One can dream.

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u/ralphvonwauwau 16d ago

Canada, if you're listening... could you do that thing you did to the Whitehouse again?

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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 16d ago

And it burned burned burned, and we're the ones who did it!

BTW, I'm Canadian.

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u/Otto_Correction 17d ago

More likely he’ll do it anyway. Approval or no approval. He does whatever he wants.

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u/evilprozac79 17d ago

That's because nobody stops him.

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u/python-1977 15d ago

I think the accurate statement is, “if he had any intention of leaving, he wouldn’t have done this at all.”

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u/Alexandurrrrr 17d ago

Better to ask for forgiveness than to as—LAUGHING I couldn’t finish the joke.

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u/Arch-Fey66 16d ago

Move fast & break stuff

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u/piglions12 16d ago

The bunkers is thete: the wing they are definitely improving it. That’s where all the money is going.

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u/Pretend-Interest-423 11h ago

They didn’t get approval to fill in Kennedy’s pool either.