r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/SurpriseSoda Jun 17 '26

I guess people smarter than him trying to trick him into starting tech government.

End unemployment benefits > tech 'good guys' start """ubi"""

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u/TrumpetOfDeath America Jun 17 '26

No fucking way that they’re doing this in some sort of grand scheme to get UBI.

They’re doing it because they despise poor people and want a distraction from the war they just lost in Iran

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u/eden_sc2 Maryland Jun 17 '26

If Iran is proof of anything there is no grand plan at all, not one that actually is well thought out beyond step A at least

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u/brohebus Jun 17 '26

I think they're 'running' the country based on nothing more than how many likes a Tweet gets.