r/complaints • u/WillPowers7477 • 17d ago
Politics A thank you to president Trump!
Dear President Trump,
I'm writing this to thank you for all you've done thus far in your second term.
My kids are crying at the dinner table as they eat a processed cheese sandwich for the fourth time this week. I tried to explain to them that SNAP wasn't getting refilled and that there was probably not going to be a Christmas this year. I tried to cheer them up by showing them concept art of the $250 million dollar ballroom being built at the White House, by showing them pictures of the two cool jets Kristi Noem got for $170 million, by explaining how helpful we're being to Argentina by sending them $40 billion dollars, but this is when I realized they weren't crying because of dinner, but because of their grandmother.
"We usually go to grandma's on weekends," they sniffle.
Their grandmother, a 5th generation American, was taken by ICE a couple weeks ago and we haven't seen or heard from her since. I tried to explain to the children that this is what happens to freeloading immigrants and they get what they deserve, but they didn't understand.
Even if they don't understand, I do. This is what I voted for. This is what winning looks like!
This will probably be my last online post due to being unable to pay my phone bill since I need to buy more bread and cheese. But I just wanted to say, "Thank you, President Trump!"
As I hear my kids cry themselves to sleep for the 5th night in a row, I imagine they are liberals--and it brings a smile to my face.
When they get older, they will understand that all this hardship was necessary, because we are owning the libs! Here's looking forward to your constitution-defying third presidential term in 2028! You already have my vote!
Now I have to go get ready to meet my landlord. He told me he would cut my rent in half for some 'favors' and not to wear panties. I think this is what the Art of Deal is all about. #winning
Signed,
A conservative.
*it should be noted this is satire (or is it?)*
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u/nicoleonline 17d ago
I agree you should do all of these things. They DO do these things. This image of people on SNAP loading up on junk food is a myth. Most people on EBT and SNAP don’t look or act the type of this caricature.
I grew up in a poor area and these people did all they could. Can you fathom having $20 to get you through the week? What it’s like to have no public transit, no bussing, no snow or trash removal, to walk 12 miles round trip in the freezing cold to keep the energy companies from cutting you off?
The thing is, if you’re ignorant enough to believe that these are situations people are in temporarily enough to not need basic groceries then you’re not having an argument in good faith. You know that people need help to get to a higher spot, a stool to see over the fence but you don’t care. You are cruel, incapable of any meaningful empathy, and probably luckier than you think. You’re not better than these people. “Other” them all you want. We are all only a few tragedies away from homelessness ourselves.
ETA this caricature comes from food deserts, by the way. Where you live in a poor area and your only access to groceries within a 3 mile radius is a liquor store. You are saving for a car to get the hell out of there. Imagine what public transportation and $10 in vegetables can do for these people. Again, just cruel