[uncletomscourt]

You think at some point america would get sick of having a billionaire gang of thieves in charge.

Trump just gave himself a $10 billion dollar slush fund from taxpayers. Who stopped him? No one. This amount of money will buy you one great den.

Noem wants luxury jets from the taxpayer.

So. Much. Winning.

[BurningFrog]

America is pretty sick of both parties.

Had the Democrats ran a half decent candidate, they could easily have won. But they're just not capable of doing that.

[wat10000]

They did run a half decent candidate. Trouble is, too many people insist on so much more. If it's not the zombie of JFK they're staying home.

[epolanski]

Why do you guys have only two parties and the executive is made of a pseudo king that rules with no opposition?

[warkdarrior]

Right. So on one hand we have a gang of undisputable thieves (GOP), on the other hand we have honest but "not half decent" politicians (Dems). Tough choices all around!

[thewebguyd]

We are sick of it, but despite being somewhat of a democracy, we have no real power in this two party, first past the post system when both parties always run establishment candidates, aka, billionaire thieves gang members.

[bluGill]

There are more offices than just the president. Third parties often win in local elections (I don't know numbers, I doubt more than 5%). They win in state elections from time to time as well. If you get involved you can build a third party until it cannot be ignored.

[1qaboutecs]

When is the last time the Democrats ran a billionaire?

[dylan604]

> So. Much. Winning.

Like the man said, I'm definitely tired of all the winning. Emoluments clause be damned.

[giarc]

The irony is that Trump won on a message of "drain the swamp" which was supposed to address this issue. Instead it seems like it's more of just "replace the swamp" with his own guys.

[iamacyborg]

I think the swamp has been expanded more than replaced.

[rapnie]

The message is just "swamp!" now.

[CamperBob2]

Every accusation from Republicans, without exception, is either a confession, a plan, or an unfulfilled wish.

[pedroma]

Another point of irony: Elon was tasked with "draining" the swamp and the left immediately goes to burn Teslas.

[isthatafact]

For me, when someone promises to "drain the swamp", they reveal their ignorance and selfishness with their shallow anti-swamp ideology.

Swamps are rich ecosystems with incredible natural beauty and diversity. Draining a swamp is extraordinarily bad in general, even if good for wealthy property developers.

Ironically, it seems that "drain the swamp" turns out to be an apt metaphor for what Trump and that gang have been doing, as promised.

[bregma]

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

[abraxas]

The swamp has always been him and his buddies. Pure projection. Everything he spouts is always pure projection.

[mock-possum]

It’s not even ironic. Trump never genuinely intended to do so, and anybody with a brain never trusted them to do so either. Just another case of “every accusation an admission” in the case of the leaders, and “it’s only bad when it’s not our guy doing it” in the case of the followers.

[throwawaysleep]

Trump has a long record of stealing from Joe Average and had been doing it since between 2016. Joe Average thinks he’s clever for doing it.

[ryandrake]

Joe Average will keep voting for them to pick his pocket, as long as they promise cruelty to the "Other Side".

[pousada]

Joe Average knows he is getting fucked over either way

[duderific]

For the Fox News crowd, which is most of his supporters, they are likely not even aware of these transgressions, as they are not reported there. Or, if they are aware, they are happy to see Trump enriching himself, because, own the libs or something?

[UncleMeat]

I swear, if the dems aren't running on "here is all of the shit that Trump and his cronies stole from you" every single day for the next two years they are the dumbest political strategists alive.