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bigtree

(94,375 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:11 AM 13 hrs ago

Trump 'can't' fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care, but we're buying votes for Victor Orban in Hungary

Covie @covie_93
Apparently US taxpayers dollars can't go towards funding Medicare, Medicaid and child care but it can be used to buy votes for Victor Orban in Hungary's election.



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Trump 'can't' fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care, but we're buying votes for Victor Orban in Hungary (Original Post) bigtree 13 hrs ago OP
That photo reminds me of Diamond_Dog 13 hrs ago #1
it is an outstanding image bigtree 12 hrs ago #2
America First, again dalton99a 11 hrs ago #3
Krasnov can also find $$$ to ultralite001 11 hrs ago #4
that and his vanity painting project bigtree 11 hrs ago #5
Thank you for this image... ultralite001 8 hrs ago #10
it would need repainting every year bigtree 7 hrs ago #11
A grift... ultralite001 5 hrs ago #12
Just like We The People bought the dictator in Argentina's re-election despite destroying their travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #6
Again, I ask. Did the US Treasury say we (the US) were insolvent? n/t SheilaAnn 11 hrs ago #8
Assets $16T, debt $49T BeneteauBum 10 hrs ago #9
What 'might'? This country is going bankrupt nt GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #7
That image leads me to believe... ultralite001 5 hrs ago #13
cultivated by Putin bigtree 2 hrs ago #14

Diamond_Dog

(40,700 posts)
1. That photo reminds me of
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:42 AM
13 hrs ago

the last scene in The Godfather movie, where all the mobsters are shaking hands and patting each other on the back and then the door closes on Diane Keaton.

bigtree

(94,375 posts)
2. it is an outstanding image
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:55 AM
12 hrs ago

...photojournalism at its best.

(Photo by Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

ultralite001

(2,570 posts)
4. Krasnov can also find $$$ to
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:14 AM
11 hrs ago

Build his butt ugly arch…

+ paint the grey Executive Office Building
white…

Someone…

Please…

Stop the madness…

bigtree

(94,375 posts)
5. that and his vanity painting project
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:17 AM
11 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:59 PM - Edit history (1)

...turning D.C. into Las Vegas' interpretation of Disneyland



Rendering from President Trump's plans showing what the Executive Office Building would look like if it were painted white.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-proposes-painting-executive-office-building-white/

ultralite001

(2,570 posts)
10. Thank you for this image...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:55 PM
8 hrs ago

A picture worth a thousand words...

+ costing taxpayers big bucks...

bigtree

(94,375 posts)
11. it would need repainting every year
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:24 PM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)

...that's actually one of his selling points that it would be perpetually maintained.

Kinda the reason for going with the relative imperviousness of stone architecture that it doesn't need that kind of attention.

travelingthrulife

(5,261 posts)
6. Just like We The People bought the dictator in Argentina's re-election despite destroying their
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:22 AM
11 hrs ago

economy. A good steal...er...deal. 20 billion.

Surely Orban is worth 60 billion.

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