Not content with launching a costly and disastrous war on Iran, Trump has unveiled a new plan to pay for it by further slashing domestic programs that keep Americans economically afloat. His new 2027 budget document is effectively a political suicide note.

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    And to enrich himself, his family, his friends, his allies, his handlers, his debtors and all of it is right out in the open for all to see.

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    And of course, the billionaires and multimillionaires are the ones not participating in paying that bill.

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      And he’ll be replaced by JD Vance, whose leash is held by Peter Theil. Even in the best of circumstances, with a bloodbath victory in the Midterms, we’ll have two more years of Hell to get through, before we have any chance of a real change. And since it will be their last gasp, they are going to fight it with everything they’ve got.

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        I don’t see how Vance doesn’t navigate getting immediately impeached for one of the dozens of illegal things Trumps admin was and would still be doing.

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      25th won’t hold. The way the law is written seems to only apply to physical incapacitation. As soon as Trump delivers a statement saying he’s fine and presents himself he’d be president again. I suspect the Supreme Court would also support this literal interpretation. The amendment does not work well with mental decline unfortunately.

      He must be impeached and removed from office by Congress.

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      He’s not the problem, he’s the hand puppet who is doing a very good job of being a clown. Don’t be a sucker!

      Check out the Council of Foreign Relations and The Heritage Foundation, for starters, and their memberships (often shared), and who they pay to do what and when; then, have fun examining their financiers. This is an international operation with tentacles in many countries, and many different interests that collude for agreed-upon goals.

      Look at Panama and Pandora Papers for more information, terabytes of data that are still being investigated by independent journalists.

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    Is he robbing us to pay for the war, or was this war just an excuse to rob us and enrich himself from the start?

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      His plan to rob you started back in 2015… well technically he flirted with the idea as early as the late 80s and early aughts. But officially and successfully began in 2016. For some reason most of you just love being robbed and kept wanting to happen ever since.

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    The USA has been at war since World War II, War is America’s business and business is BOOMING

    (triple gun sales since 2000)

    (USA bigger arms dealer than other top SEVEN countries combined, including Russia and China)

    (bOtH pArTiEs agree to gigantic black budget operations without any sort of effective audit; we actually spend much more on war than advertised)