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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Russian oligarchs would “possibly” be able to apply for a $5 million “gold card” via a new scheme that grants a pathway to American citizenship to wealthy foreigners.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250226110631/https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-russian-oligarchs-gold-card-scheme-american-citizenship/


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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If only anyone in this damn country had any sense of class consciousness. The guy with golden toilets was never going to be a champion of the working American.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But Hillary said mean things about me and Kambala is black!

Gasp! Oh the humanity!

Also, Sean Hannity told me it's the gods honest truth that all Democrats worship Satan and they personally want me as a single individual dead!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 14 points 6 months ago

If it has to come to that.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it's shootin fish in a barrel after all the immigrants and rednecks raise their hands to be pawns by letting us know they believe in magic and vote against their own interests

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 months ago

immigrants and rednecks

Gross.

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 months ago

"Very nice people" = "Willing to bribe me generously"

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 15 points 6 months ago

He isn't selling citizenship. He is selling access to American resources, future, and, of course, the right to abuse the serfs. These racists dipshits just sold themselves to wealthy foreigners because they wanted "asmr" of poor brown people being sent to death camps.

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

They're so nice they always bring me gifts and money

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

On both sides

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Could they have put even more filters on that photo to make him any younger?!

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 months ago

A pedophile thinks other pedophiles are nice people

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 6 months ago

Libs like to act like trump is controlled by putin when in reality these people just hangout at the same golf courses, have the same class interests, etc.