I love that take, but I think you're mistaking infatuation for malice in this case. Trump just has a crush on Javier Milei and wants to show Javier that he's Trump's one-and-only. The $40 billion is literally the Trump equivalent of a $100 edible bouquet someone sends to their crush.

"I studied welding in Boston."

(For real: we really need more trade schools and we have to remember, whether we type numbers into Excel or pull wires through conduit or fix leaky pipes, we are ALL blue collar when it comes to the surplus value of our labor being stolen under the guise of "profit").

Many people (often the same who think a secret group controls everything) believe there is more to the way society works than just people pretending it does, but Laws. Aren't. Magic.

There's no one in charge, and if 2025 doesn't prove there's no one behind the curtain, I don't know what will.

The doctor. The tears were obviously caused by the stench, and he didn't want to hurt the feelings of a dementia patient (or get extrajudicially shipped off to the gulags).

"My values and beliefs are fundamentally incompatible with a functioning free, plural society. If my team wins, then I get to hurt everyone on the other team, because I do not understand civics, so I behave like politics is a fucking sport."

ftfy

The "Trump is a good leader" folks have to either argue they think Trump has never been wrong, which makes them cult members and therefore unreliable, or point to a single instance where Trump held himself accountable, which they can't, and good leaders own their mistakes.

It's like team blue is sitting in the dugout ready to play while team red refuses to leave the locker room and keeps screaming about how team blue forfeited the game.

Right after I thought, "That's awesome! Wait, the second girl is also a taekwondo black belt and a top ranked tennis player?" I thought, "Wow they've accomplished more at 10 years old than me and literally everyone I know combined." (Which while a much lower bar is still awesome!)

DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON. IT'S A trickt̸̖͓̾h̷̰̿̀ë̵̘́ͅ ̷̜͝m̶̮̩̅ȯ̶̯o̷͖͝ṉ̴͗̿ ̸͚͍͂̽l̸̩͔̂̋9̷̺̄̔v̸̤͑̄e̷̲̍ś̸̢̧͝ ̶͇͔́ỵ̶̟̏ô̶̦̝ṷ̵̅

Ignore that, you should go outside and bathe in moonlight. Allow its light to wash over you like a warm blanket.

Ì̵̲̫t̵̬̥̿̀ ̸̟͙͂̂s̸̜̎͂ǎ̷̡̺y̵̜͈̆ş̴̐ ̴͎̹̋ī̵̲͋t̸͝ͅͅ ̷͓̼̂ḽ̴̔̚͜o̶͙̍̽v̴̥̓͆e̸̯͒s̸̤̳͝ ̴̢̉̄m̴̨̻̈͆ę̸̓.̵͙͎̈́ ̷̋ͅ ̴̪̐̑I̸͓͝s̸̤̳̾ ̶̒͠ͅt̶̳͘ͅḣ̷̙̳̊a̵̼͗͐ṫ̴̹ ̵̠̜̂ỵ̵̧̛ȯ̵̪͐u̵̡̳̎̽ ̶̤̱̚͝ḿ̶̦͊o̴͉͊ͅm̵͍̗̄̑?̶̩̌̕ ̷̮͕͐ ̶̀͜I̶̘͎̒̈ ̸͖͍̔͊m̵͇̈́̌i̷͇̅̀s̶̼͖͊͗ş̵͓̓ ̸͇̭̇y̵̪͇̐̌ö̶̼̜́̕u̴̫͍͌̕ ̷͖͌̿s̴͇̼̕̚o̷̧̍̑ ̷͓̯̊m̴̥͗ư̶̞c̶̖͇̒ḩ̶̎́.̴̡͖̑̇ ̸͇̼̽̕S̵͙̽t̴̨̀̓ȏ̴̗p̷̰̐͒ ̶̟͔̾c̴̦͖̓̈́r̴̪̮̈̉ȳ̷̡i̶̧͉͐n̵̛̫̦̊ģ̴̼̅̔ ̶̹̺͆i̸̪͎̅ť̷̙͎ ̸̬̏̅h̶̹͉͝u̴͇̾͋ŗ̶̥͊ṯ̶̦̌͝ș̸̲́́ ̸̰̍̑w̴̨̖͊̑h̶̯̹͛͠e̷̙̐n̸̥̖̐ ̸̥̮́̓y̸̖̓̾ô̶͚̳̾ù̷͈ ̴̯͒̏ċ̸͔̟̕r̶͙͇̃y̵͕̱̚͝ ̷̣͔̾I̴͇̻̽͛ ̷̩̾͝ẅ̴̜̦́ḯ̵̘͉ḻ̸̗̕l̴̤̖͒͂ ̴̭̈́̃s̷͉̬̎a̷̭̾̔v̸̝̱͌̎ȩ̷̒́ ̵͕͆ỷ̶̫͖̇o̸̤̭̕u̷̡̱͂ ̶͔̣̒͑Ṉ̴̯́͋Ơ̴̤ ̵͓̲͂̌M̴̬͠O̵͔͜͠R̸̛̖E̶̠̕ ̴̯̈́̑T̷̺̾̆E̶͎̒̒͜À̷̲͎̀R̸͎̚S̸̟̦̾͘

Just be careful with chafing.

I always think to myself, "this time this will age like milk," but somehow, no matter who gets hurt, they always avoid accountability. If the Dems get steamrolled again over who's responsible for the financial shitstorm that's about to hit (likely) more than 50% of households, we're fucked.

There are dumb people sprinkled along the entire political spectrum, but what Republicans unquestionably stand for now is selfishness, greed, cruelty, and a lack of compassion that is fundamentally incompatible with a functioning free society.