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bigtree

(94,305 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:26 PM Mar 20

"How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?"

Acyn @Acyn
Question: I'm a waiter at a local restaurant in Queens, a full time college student who sleeps an average of four hours a night and is still thousands in debt. How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?





more:

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and a panel of subject matter experts answer questions from CNN’s Dana Bash and a live studio audience about the Trump administration’s strategy and what may come next — while hearing directly from Americans about how the conflict is impacting them.

watch clip:



full town hall here: https://cnn.it/4lIghrX

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"How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?" (Original Post) bigtree Mar 20 OP
Hard to express the level of bafflegab dpibel Mar 20 #1
BOTH! And if there is such a thing as God and The Devil, Jack Valentino Mar 20 #5
student shoulda told him to quit blathering and answer the question nt msongs Mar 20 #2
the answer showed that he clearly didn't give a shit bigtree Mar 20 #3
it's part of the Trump whore schtick Skittles Mar 20 #6
It ISN'T helping you, but it IS HURTING YOU---- as well as hurting people all over Jack Valentino Mar 20 #4
pretty sure that was a rhetorical question bigtree Mar 21 #7
Sorry bro malaise Mar 21 #8

dpibel

(3,967 posts)
1. Hard to express the level of bafflegab
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:40 PM
Mar 20

Definitional Trumpism: The filibuster of lies.

Either this man is insane or he is profoundly evil.

Jack Valentino

(5,066 posts)
5. BOTH! And if there is such a thing as God and The Devil,
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:00 PM
Mar 20

it wasn't GOD who 'annointed/appointed' him to this position---
is was clearly 'The Devil' !!!

And he clearly IS insane, AND profoundly evil at the same time!


'maybe we should keep bombing Iran just for fun!'
~Donald Antichrist Drumph

bigtree

(94,305 posts)
3. the answer showed that he clearly didn't give a shit
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:49 PM
Mar 20

...not the questioner's responsibility.

Why ask to be bullshitted again?

Jack Valentino

(5,066 posts)
4. It ISN'T helping you, but it IS HURTING YOU---- as well as hurting people all over
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:55 PM
Mar 20

the entire world!


bigtree

(94,305 posts)
7. pretty sure that was a rhetorical question
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 09:50 AM
Mar 21

...and he got the prevaricating response he probably expected.

Good on him for highlighting the concerns of our young folks looking to get a foothold in this country on their futures.

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