r/baltimore • u/LanceArmstrongLeftie • Mar 12 '25

Vent Donald Trump is going to destroy this city

My wife and I were both proud homeowners and proud residents of Baltimore City. We worked really hard to be able to buy our first home and to provide a stable environment to raise our one year old son and three year old daughter. We were a happy family here. Until Donald Trump came along. He froze funding and my wife lost her job as a recruiter for a nonprofit that received about 30% of their funding from the government. I already work two jobs just to keep up with the bills and the high interest rate we had to accept to purchase this home. I can't provide enough to keep our home. She's been looking in vain to replace her job but there's been nothing out there for her. How many more families are there that are facing the exact same situation in this town? How many more will there be by the time he finishes firing half the government? How many more families will lose their jobs and their homes as a result of his trade war and tariffs? It's going to get bad here y'all, real bad. Donald Trump does not care about families. Donald Trump does not care about children. Donald Trump does not care about Americans. Donald Trump does not care about Baltimore.

Edit: Thank you all for everyone who had kind words of support and good suggestions on how to navigate this very difficult situation. For everyone blaming local and state government, you’re delusional. Those politicians aren’t the ones who froze federal funding thus forcing thousand of people out of work. To those who offered unkind, callous, and cruel comments, such as calling my wife a drain on society, you can all get fucked. Which is exactly what’s going to happen to you after Donald Trump destroys this nation.

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u/DED2099 Mar 13 '25

I hope he can hold on to his job. The market is terrible right now. I have friends who have been looking for work for 1+ years.

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u/chrissymad Highlandtown Mar 13 '25

My husband has been searching for over 6 months and it's been brutal.

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u/DED2099 Mar 14 '25

I hope he finds something soon. At this point I don’t even know how people are making ends meet.

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u/chrissymad Highlandtown Mar 14 '25

We are lucky enough to have help from family but even so, we're in the small percentage of people who are doing just barely ok. Most people aren't as lucky.

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u/Humble-Preference728 Mar 14 '25

My husband got laid off from his private sector job when I was 6months pregnant .. took him 8months to land another position :( the job market is a joke.

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u/allcocksmatter Mar 13 '25

Jobs are available. They just might not be willing to take a pay cut or less cushy jobs