I can't say for certain that person's intent, but i didn't read it that way. My early childhood was dependent on the kindness of people who didn't have to care, and when my parents were able, they did the same for others. While it is without a doubt that Trump is making the issue worse, their comment is completely accurate, it didn't start with him. I will say that a stat from 2023 does not go back to the root of the problem. In many states and municipalities, the machine has been dismantling assistance programs for decades. The most visible and egregious was, of course, Reagan's racist "welfare queen" rhetoric, along with the "war on drugs," dehumanizing and criminalizing poverty and melanin. It is absolutely maddening that this discourse and policy decisions are now being attributed to a dipshit who is intellectually incapable of hiding his intent when we've been yelling until our lungs collapse that this was the intent all along.

Not a trump voter. Registered democrat since the 90s. I also donate to donors choose regularly, because so many teachers are looking for basics. Trump is certainly making things worse, but voting democrat isn’t a panacea for America’s ills.