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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 145 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He's a narcissist and a sociopath. He literally cannot comprehend other people's perspective. If he doesn't see a benefit for himself than it's not important.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 64 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You just also described most Republicans.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

The right in a nutshell. Selfish and greedy.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago

That's why it's so easy for him to rape and murder. From his perspective it's a good thing he fucked a child.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 132 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

And as usual no MAGA will ever hear about this. :(

[–] Steve@startrek.website 18 points 3 weeks ago

The most frustrating part.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

If they did hear it, they’d just excuse it.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 90 points 3 weeks ago

Landlord doesn't give a fuck about housing costs. Shocking!

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 63 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When he says the quiet part aloud.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What he really meant was that "We (the rich) don't give a fuck about anybody else's life"

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And his wording reveals that he moves so exclusively in those circles that he forgot ordinary Americans exist.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Forgot? He was never not filthy rich.

[–] voidsignal@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

He's been pretending. Which in the stupid US economy, is enough. "Just wish for it very very hard"

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

Absofuckinglutely. When he speaks of the economy or any other topic relating to money, he’s not speaking to the rest of us. He has absolutely no ability to speak to or for us because he is not us.

He speaks for and to the wealthy, not because he doesn’t know we don’t exist but because he doesn’t care and doesn’t need to. So when he claims the economy is booming, when he claims that affordability is only a word that his opponents made up, and when he says shit like this about housing, he’s talking to his shareholders: the wealthy who hold his power and love having him as the face that distracts us from all they continue to take from us.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Full “I don’t care” mode. Any pretenses of being president of a nation is gone, he’a treating the country like a throwaway business deal. Use it up, bankrupt it, take what he wants. I’d say hooker, but at least they get paid.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 21 points 3 weeks ago

He's got his new position as Supreme Leader of the Bored of Peace with 10s of thousands of troops, limitless funding, world-wide playground, and an array of henchmen ready to do his bidding.

It'll basically be the Wagner group on steroids. Funded by billionaires, for billionaires.

He isn't loyal to the U.S., it's just a stepping stone, and he has to make sure he collapses it from the inside out so it can't compete with his Bored of Peace army. He's counting on the U.S. military to collapse.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 51 points 3 weeks ago

My wife doesn't even look at me the way Mike "I don't recall" Johnson looks at that pedophile... I mean, God damn.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

The quiet parts are never quiet anymore

[–] manxu@piefed.social 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone explain to this man the connection between affordability and housing. He may not know the two are intertwined.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Would it make any difference? He doesn't give a fuck about affordability either, and neither does anyone else he would even notice.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

For some strange reason, he seems to care about polling numbers 🙃

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 3 weeks ago

Hitler blaming his generals, and forcing them to follow his ignorant losing strategies.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's half a shit bill, anyhow. It limits very large institutions from owning "normal homes", but opens up and loosens restrictions on manufactured homes. So they can still knock out a lot of owned houses. They'll just be the shittier kind that won't last as long before they go bad. Housing will be replaced by ones that last 30 years instead of ones that can last 75 years.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Today's McMansions will be lucky to last 30 years.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on the local building codes a lot of times. My house is almost 20 years old and is still in pretty good condition. As long as the foundation stays good and you keep the roof from leaking there isn't too much that will make a house not worth repairing.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

This is why it's unfair to compare Trump to Hitler: Hitler actual cared about housing (and food) for his people.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This perfectly describes how much he lost touch with reality.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think he has ever touched reality.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure reality is too old for him

[–] Zier@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

And she filed a complaint of sexual abuse with the FBI. Which no one did anything about.

[–] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nobody gives a fuck about housing...once they purchase their fifth house

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"GOP housing bill" isn't a string of words I expected to read in 2026.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

The contents of which will read -

"If you or your shell company owns 50+ single family homes and/or 20+ apartment buildings then you'll be able to buy 500 more of either, or a combination of both fully subsidized by the American tax payer. If you don't have any home then fuck off!"

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

Finger on the pulse again!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Cannot wait to see the Murc's Law take on this about how this is really the fault of the Democratic Party.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

No conflict of interest here.