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bigtree

(94,378 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:11 AM Yesterday

Trump 'can't' fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care, but we're buying votes for Victor Orban in Hungary

Covie @covie_93
Apparently US taxpayers dollars can't go towards funding Medicare, Medicaid and child care but it can be used to buy votes for Victor Orban in Hungary's election.



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Trump 'can't' fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care, but we're buying votes for Victor Orban in Hungary (Original Post) bigtree Yesterday OP
That photo reminds me of Diamond_Dog Yesterday #1
it is an outstanding image bigtree Yesterday #2
America First, again dalton99a Yesterday #3
Krasnov can also find $$$ to ultralite001 Yesterday #4
that and his vanity painting project bigtree Yesterday #5
Thank you for this image... ultralite001 Yesterday #10
it would need repainting every year bigtree Yesterday #11
A grift... ultralite001 Yesterday #12
Just like We The People bought the dictator in Argentina's re-election despite destroying their travelingthrulife Yesterday #6
Again, I ask. Did the US Treasury say we (the US) were insolvent? n/t SheilaAnn Yesterday #8
Assets $16T, debt $49T BeneteauBum Yesterday #9
What 'might'? This country is going bankrupt nt GenThePerservering Yesterday #7
That image leads me to believe... ultralite001 Yesterday #13
cultivated by Putin bigtree 23 hrs ago #14

Diamond_Dog

(40,704 posts)
1. That photo reminds me of
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:42 AM
Yesterday

the last scene in The Godfather movie, where all the mobsters are shaking hands and patting each other on the back and then the door closes on Diane Keaton.

bigtree

(94,378 posts)
2. it is an outstanding image
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:55 AM
Yesterday

...photojournalism at its best.

(Photo by Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

ultralite001

(2,572 posts)
4. Krasnov can also find $$$ to
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:14 AM
Yesterday

Build his butt ugly arch…

+ paint the grey Executive Office Building
white…

Someone…

Please…

Stop the madness…

bigtree

(94,378 posts)
5. that and his vanity painting project
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:17 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:59 PM - Edit history (1)

...turning D.C. into Las Vegas' interpretation of Disneyland



Rendering from President Trump's plans showing what the Executive Office Building would look like if it were painted white.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-proposes-painting-executive-office-building-white/

ultralite001

(2,572 posts)
10. Thank you for this image...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:55 PM
Yesterday

A picture worth a thousand words...

+ costing taxpayers big bucks...

bigtree

(94,378 posts)
11. it would need repainting every year
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:24 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)

...that's actually one of his selling points that it would be perpetually maintained.

Kinda the reason for going with the relative imperviousness of stone architecture that it doesn't need that kind of attention.

travelingthrulife

(5,278 posts)
6. Just like We The People bought the dictator in Argentina's re-election despite destroying their
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:22 AM
Yesterday

economy. A good steal...er...deal. 20 billion.

Surely Orban is worth 60 billion.

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