Trump ties Camp Lejeune toxic water settlements to GOP midterm results
President Trump told an audience in North Carolina that if Republicans retain control of Congress in the upcoming November midterm elections, he would direct the Justice Department to quickly settle “all remaining legitimate claims” related to contaminated water at the nearby Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, where thousands of cases remain unresolved.
“If we don’t win, there’s no money,” Trump said Tuesday night at a campaign rally in Greenville. “If we do win, you’re getting it. It’s going to be finally over with, that nightmare that’s been going on for so many years. We will never abandon the heroes who served America.”
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Previously on Trump:
But...but...never abandon...
All these promises from a "man" who didn't do any of these things for the years while he controlled the executive branch, both houses, and the supreme court.
Lol I’m directly affected by these fucking loser republicans yet again! lol lol lol lol lol
Damn that sucks.
Literally all he has is bribery and quid pro quo. Such a pathetic ‘businessman’.
He’s no deal maker, just a petty extortionist.
It's not even bribery. It's just an empty promise that, if he gets his way, the check will be in the mail.
And once he gets what he wants, he'll never keep his word. He never does.
He's a bully that didn't age emotionally after age 6.
All his business prowess comes from an endless line of lawyers. He couldn't run a lemonade stand without fucking things up 7 different ways.
Of course. They can't do anything now, only give people money if they get reelected.
Promise to give people money.
He's promised multiple refunds already.
Yeah, I was saying it from their perspective. No doubt that he’d never pay up, like the idiotic $5,000 thing that would cost the government 1.25 trillion.
Yup. Same as those doge checks and refund checks and everything else he's promised.
Like everything he says about tariffs, or in general, the "tariff refund checks" is an offensively stupid concept. First, he lies his ass off all the time saying that foreign governments pay tariffs, which can easily shown to not only be false, but to make no sense at all (100% tariff = free for us?). He recently said that Mexico "paid for the wall" because he "charged them tariffs". So either he straight up lies because admitting it's a tax on Americans sounds bad, or he's actually too stupid to know how tariffs work. Anyway, so if foreign governments pay for them, why would we be getting a "refund"? Next, if we pay for them, why charge tariffs and then just give the money back?? All that thinking is too hard for your average maga dolt though.
Let's be honest, this isn't just maga morons.
Tariffs were not exactly something in the public consciousness until recently, and I've just encountered a ton of people over the past couple of years who didn't understand how they worked.
I mean, with the previous de minimus exemption, the actions of tariffs would have been mostly hid to us through inflation, promotion, or demotion of certain products, etc. Right now your average Joe likely has to pay them just to order something from Europe or Canada.
I guess what I wonder is why Trump fans are either oblivious or indifferent to being lied to constantly
For my (young) children, reality is malleable, or at least their perception of it is. When I explain something to them, they're largely going to take it for face value, even if it conflicts with prior knowledge.
When it comes to the under-educated that he proclaims he loves so much, I think that's the same thing. When you don't know enough about how the world works, everything around you's going to appear to be fucking magic.
So imagine a dude comes out and explains to you that he's famous and wealthy and an excellent businessman and is the smartest guy around. Once you start buying it, you're not going to question whatever comes out of his mouth, even if it's inconsistent with previous statements or reality.
I don't expect people to have already known how tariffs worked unless they personally imported items over $800. A fair amount of people do that as part of their jobs or businesses, though.
However, what I mean is working through the logic of Trump's lies about it. Why would foreign governments pay for a private company to sell something to the US? If it mean the exporting company had to give us a discount, that sort of makes sense, but as I noted earlier, a 100% tariff, if always paid by someone outside the US, would mean it's free for us, and over 120% would mean they paid us to take their goods. Obviously that would never happen.
He can’t share his tax returns because he’s being audited. Remember that joke?
And they won't do it then either.
Republicans have had control of all 3 branches of government for almost 2 years. They have done nothing to help anyone but themselves.
Anyone who believes this Camp Lejune story is a complete idiot. They gave 80 billion to ICE. They don't care about veterans.
🤣 they will never give people money. Even trump supporters say he's full of shit, because he is.
"Unless of course you vote for the other guys. Then fuck 'em"
Oh, and just ignore all the other American heroes we've snubbed and forgotten in my administrations to date.
Can someone please do something really funny at scale? I'd love it if someone could do something funny at scale.