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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 159 points 1 year ago (7 children) Let's not compare Billionaires with women fighting. This is billionaires fighting. Notice how pathetic they both are. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 year ago (3 children) Lol, Trump is only a billionaire because he has the US Treasury. Without that, he's very likely broke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago He wasn't a billionaire before becoming president, but he certainly is now. The grifting has been blatant and enormous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kautau@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Trump family has made a billion dollars every month he’s been in office https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-trump-family-presidency-wealth/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/briefing/trump-family-business.html They are reaping money from the poor. Do not discount how much wealth they are gaining from being in power, regardless of the treasury. They are sweeping property acquisitions among all their other methods of making money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago My comment was literally saying that the only wealth he has was because he's in power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago I picked up a phrase today, "the grotesquely wealthy." How pathetic the squabbles of the grotesquely wealthy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] makyo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's a reference to this I imagine: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/whats-the-origin-of-the-girls-are-fighting-meme-the-azealia-banks-meme-quoted-by-aoc-explained permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Thank you for the link. The full page, and explanation at the bottom captures the thinking. (I don't expect perfection from humans. I would like us to work on improving.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 year ago (3 children) Lol, Trump is only a billionaire because he has the US Treasury. Without that, he's very likely broke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago He wasn't a billionaire before becoming president, but he certainly is now. The grifting has been blatant and enormous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kautau@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Trump family has made a billion dollars every month he’s been in office https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-trump-family-presidency-wealth/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/briefing/trump-family-business.html They are reaping money from the poor. Do not discount how much wealth they are gaining from being in power, regardless of the treasury. They are sweeping property acquisitions among all their other methods of making money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago My comment was literally saying that the only wealth he has was because he's in power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago He wasn't a billionaire before becoming president, but he certainly is now. The grifting has been blatant and enormous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Trump family has made a billion dollars every month he’s been in office https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-trump-family-presidency-wealth/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/briefing/trump-family-business.html They are reaping money from the poor. Do not discount how much wealth they are gaining from being in power, regardless of the treasury. They are sweeping property acquisitions among all their other methods of making money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago My comment was literally saying that the only wealth he has was because he's in power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago My comment was literally saying that the only wealth he has was because he's in power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago I picked up a phrase today, "the grotesquely wealthy." How pathetic the squabbles of the grotesquely wealthy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makyo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's a reference to this I imagine: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/whats-the-origin-of-the-girls-are-fighting-meme-the-azealia-banks-meme-quoted-by-aoc-explained permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Thank you for the link. The full page, and explanation at the bottom captures the thinking. (I don't expect perfection from humans. I would like us to work on improving.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Thank you for the link. The full page, and explanation at the bottom captures the thinking. (I don't expect perfection from humans. I would like us to work on improving.) permalink fedilink source parent