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Donald Trump's former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it.

Johnny McEntee, formerly the White House Presidential Personnel Office under the former president, posted a video on TikTok in which he discusses the purported scheme to "clean up the community."

"So I always keep this fake Hollywood money in my car, so when a homeless person asks for money, and I give them like a $5 bill, I feel good about myself, they feel good," said McEntee, also a senior advisor to Project 2025. "And then when they go to use it, they get arrested, so I'm actually helping to clean up the community and get them off the street."

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[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

What does it matter if Trump wins or not.

Us politicians are already bought and sold by capitalist pigs out of control.

Its only a matter of time that inflation keeps getting worse and worse and China is going to keep undermining US economy.

The CEOs have already secured their lifeboats, and the future of capitalism out of control is that it will hollow out the economy.

The USA has entered a death spiral of poverty by capitalist design, the CEOS are too blinded by greed to see what they have done. And the politicians are in there pockets.

It will keep getting worse and worse.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Fascism is not the solution to neoliberalism.

[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

where did I say facism was the solution

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

In supporting apathy you're supporting who would win if the good go apathetic ie. Fascists.

[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh the forced labeling. I am just saying this is the end, beautiful friend

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

This sort of comment can only come from someone in a position of privilege.

[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

what would a comment from the suitable class of your choice be

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I have absolutely no idea what your question is, but do please let me know the way in which you are not in a position of privilege.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I hope something nice happens to you today

[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe you shouldn't have skipped those reading comprehension classes

[-] baru@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

The usual "both sides" fallacy bs.

[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't wana hear it the comment

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Protip: to avoid hearing you are posting bothsideser bullshit, simply do not post bothsideser bullshit.

[-] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe i like bullshit, which is why I like you

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