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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I feel like if Trump attempts to starve out Cali, we'll end up with Cali in a better shape than the rest of the country. You can't starve out someone who has more food than you.
Especially given that in this hypothetical, Trump's probably also attempting to starve a bunch of other Blue state that contribute a large percentage of the tax revenue.
And even that's assuming the insane 'starve out the blue states as punishment for defying him' plan gets off the ground despite how extremely illegal and unpopular it would be. Which may be a weaker assumption that we'd like to believe, but it's still a fairly strong one.
Obviously it would be super-illegal...but I can't help but wonder if things are going to get bad enough that people will eventually think the prison sentence would be Worth It.
Donald Trump is literally talking like a Gotham villain in this clip from today's interview.
edited 26th Jan '17 12:33:39 AM by MadSkillz
Its really amazing how fast the Republicans have completely become the Pigmask Army.
They're serving an elderly, extremely immature manchild who demands that he be adored, beloved, and outright worshiped by all, plastering his name everywhere. If anything disagrees with him, its to be shut out and disposed of. He attained his great power by creating a cult of personality around himself, making small town people who wanted some sort of change follow him, even though he offered no real plan or guarantee he would help them.
All he promises is "happiness" and a return to "greatness", and that's what the Happy Boxes say, so it must be true.
And no matter what his "Utopia" increasingly looks like, his followers refuse to see New Pork City as anything but a utopia that they're honored to live in. The Pigmasks aggressively pursue a plan that would guarantee massive casualties and harm done to those very people who follow Porky...and they still remain loyal, unwilling to consider anything else.
edited 26th Jan '17 1:24:40 AM by NickTheSwing
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Can't confirm that, although it seems that they have been trying to disrupt an anti-Trump livestream of his
.
EDIT: Richard Spencer got punched again
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edited 26th Jan '17 1:37:31 AM by Krieger22
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

Geez, just how many puppeteers does Trump have?!
Disgusted, but not surprised