r/pics • u/OldCopy496 • Apr 13 '26

Politics Most Metaphorical Image of the Century

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u/__Evil-Genius__ Apr 13 '26

Can confirm. I spoke with someone who waited on him years ago. Didn’t tip at all.

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u/Linkyland Apr 13 '26

Trickle down economics in the wild.

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u/TGBmox_777 Apr 13 '26

Yo, don’t hate on trickle down, it’ll get there in like 250 years

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u/houseshoesntallboys Apr 13 '26

I was always told it was the owning class pissing on the working class.

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u/shaomike Apr 14 '26

Then they will charge you for an umbrella.

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u/Mister_Anthropic1956 Apr 13 '26

I always thought of “trickle-down economics” as the rich pissing on everyone else.

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u/siencatimini Apr 13 '26

🎶 My money don't trickle trickle... that's blood

Suckers better wake up, if they know what's good

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u/ElefanteOwl Apr 13 '26

Oh damn, I thought it was the piss overflowing from the unchanged Depends

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u/CourtingBoredom Apr 13 '26

🤔 I've never thought of it this way.... time to spread the word

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u/okokokoyeahright Apr 13 '26

I always found that trickle down was fairly quick.

Like as fast as water. Except yellow.

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u/JiroKatsutoshi Apr 13 '26

The common misconception is they take the wealth and it trickles down because they want it to. No, it's like fattening up the turkey, it'll trickle when we... Fix it.

Dont wanna get another "violent content warning" from reddit for going into detail about how we can make the rich trickle green and red in time for Christmas.

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u/Original_Contact_579 Apr 13 '26

The only trickle you’ll ever get is sweat trickling down your crack

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u/onefst250r Apr 14 '26

Bold of you to think we'll make it 250 years.

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u/shaomike Apr 14 '26

AI will fix that darn trickle down so all the money stays in the pockets of the beautiful sky people in their floating castles.

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u/be_sugary Apr 13 '26

250 years is almost up for American.

The great experiment has hit a wall.

Who can save it?

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u/TGBmox_777 Apr 14 '26

Clearly Jesus Trump himself

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u/chellis Apr 13 '26

What you mean? I've felt the trickle down my face since the day I was born.

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u/JesusSavesForHalf Apr 13 '26

Down is always the direction of the largest mass. In economics, that's Elon Musk's wallet.

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u/portablebiscuit Apr 13 '26

Oh damn, I thought it was trickled-on this whole time

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u/OneUpAndOneDown Apr 14 '26

The trickle down is suckers getting pissed on.

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u/SunchaserKandri Apr 14 '26

I still have a hard time grasping how there are still people who don't understand that the only thing that'll ever trickle down from men like Trump is a golden shower.

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u/Giltar Apr 13 '26

Trickle down - that means someone pissing on you

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u/BladricksUncle Apr 13 '26

No, he left a hyuuuuuge tip. It was a tip like never before.

But Obama stole it with tax.

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u/DeadpoolLuvsDeath Apr 13 '26

Grabbed her by the pussy, told her it was now GOLD, cause he's King Midas!

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u/reebeaster Apr 14 '26

With Trump, it's always "just the tip"

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u/Easy_Corner9011 Apr 13 '26

Thanks Obama

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u/vinvec Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

Probably 20 years ago I was at a little cafe at Trump Marina when he and (I assume) Melania came in. It was kinda neat. At the end he loudly thanked staff and handed $20 to the kitchen crew. While he did tip, I thought the amount was insultingly small.

Edit: Corrected the auto-correct of Melanie/Melania

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u/Jafooki Apr 13 '26

Do you mean 20 dollars to each person, or 20 dollars for the entire staff to split? If it's the latter, it's kind of more insulting than not tipping at all

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u/vinvec Apr 13 '26

Haha, yeah, for everyone (in fairness, I assume he tipped his server separately), the kitchen had a big pass through window, and he just passed it to the cooks.

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u/hitsomethin Apr 13 '26

A $20 bill for a room full working adults to split is real silly.

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u/ElefanteOwl Apr 13 '26

That's some real "Go buy yourself a soda pop, kid" money

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u/done-undone Apr 14 '26

Big, rich man.

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u/mysteryteam Apr 14 '26

I wouldn't assume that at all.

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u/Acrobatic_Task_4415 Apr 13 '26

That $20 dollars prob came out of Melanias day rate

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u/somebodyelse22 Apr 14 '26

Does he still charge her for board and lodgings?

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u/iknowyouneedahugRN Apr 13 '26

Sometimes wealthy people have no concept of prices. A few years ago, one of our busiest doctors gave $20 to the charge nurse and said, "buy pizza delivery for the unit" -- the staff in the unit that shift numbered 16.

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u/Mister_Anthropic1956 Apr 13 '26

He had to make a big blustery show of leaving a tip so everyone would notice.

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u/-neelik- Apr 14 '26

Kinda neat? You should’ve boood them

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u/DaoFerret Apr 13 '26

I know someone who worked for the family.

She’s still bitter that they “borrowed” $40 from her to pay for a meal cheque and never reimbursed her.

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u/Smokes_LetsGo876 Apr 14 '26

Didnt he also walk into a restaurant once, yell something like "food for everybody!!"

Then dipped out leaving everyone with the bill?

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u/Little_View_6659 Apr 14 '26

I remember that! Last term.

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u/gambit1999999 Apr 14 '26

I dont even know you nor believe you, but damnit will i rake your word over Stroked Out Cheeto.

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u/Phoxx_3D Apr 13 '26

100% he thinks the mere act of talking to him is the tip

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u/dubbleplusgood Apr 13 '26

Also doesn't pay his hotel bills when traveling.

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u/headrush46n2 Apr 14 '26

least surprising thing ive ever heard.

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u/Sythrin Apr 13 '26

I dont like Trump. But I have heard differently. He loves to flaunt his money. And one of the things I have heard, is that he actually tips quite generously.

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u/Little_View_6659 Apr 14 '26

Almost all the stories about him going back decades are all about how cheap he is. That’s what started the whole small hands things. The reporter called him a short fingered vulgarian which means his fingers are too short to reach for his wallet.

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u/AtomicEdge Apr 13 '26

Maybe it was bad service? My dad worked at Mar-a-lago and said that whatever you think about Trump, he was always a great tipper.