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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

My fellow Americans, a short time ago, we were a dead country. Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world. The hottest, and getting hotter and hotter until it’s too hot to live here anymore. For you, of course. Too hot for you. I’ve got a great, ice-cold bunker. The best bunker ever.

No wonder he wants Greenland so badly, he wants to build the Fortress of Solitude

[–] electrotabby@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That GDP growth must be giving a warm, fuzzy feeling when you start your shift at the third job to pay your medical debt.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Shouldn't have take that elective emergency heart bypass...

[–] deHaga@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Who is this "we" you speak of, Kemosabe?

[–] HorreC@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

How well does that resonate with his loyal base? Do they feel any better off? I know they can fool themselves into what he says is real, so how do they say "I am one month away from living on the street at all times" with "We are sooooo rich, like its just wow levels, some would say the greatest levels ever."