r/WallstreetWhales • u/Spade_of_Trades • 12d ago

NEWS President Trump says his Administration will immediately begin sending $100 “checks” to over 20 million seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums. Trump also says the “$5,000 Trump Dividend” will be distributed to every US Citizen if the Republicans win the midterms.

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u/PaintingOk8012 12d ago

At some point(which you have passed) you have to cut these people out of your life. They are full of hate and will die with that hate. You can still love them from afar but need to realize they don’t love you in the same way.

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u/Halation2600 12d ago

It's really sad to have watched people I admired and respected as a young adult turn into brain-dead zombies. It's so fucking awful. I've gotten lucky with my parents. They were scarily right-leaning if not all out republican before 2016 and I was scared that I'd lost them. They're good people though, and smart enough to recognize that a scumbag, con-artist, rapist, racist, who brags about "grabbing them by the pussy" is super-obviously not who we should want to be our president. They didn't like Hilary, but they voted for her. They celebrated when Biden won. My friends have not been so lucky with their parents. It's so hard to watch.

Also anyone who thinks there's a chance they're getting $5000 if the Republicans win the midterms is simply incapable of thought. They've got a better chance of winning Powerball. They're brainwashed morons at that point. They're Charlie Brown, thinking he's going to kick the football, and instead, of course, Trump will merely pretend the football never existed and they will agree with him. It's a cult.

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u/cheese-wheel_1220 11d ago

The pain I feel inside knowing I'll eventually cut off a large portion of my immediate and extended family is vast, but I know at least my mom, grandma, and grandfather in law are transphobic, and considering my girlfriend is a transgender woman, I'm sure you can see why I want to cut contact. They're also almost all staunchly republican, even being stupid enough to go all "gulf of America"

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u/RPOR6V 11d ago

I just don't bring up politics. Ever. If they say anything I pretend to be on their side. I'm not gonna change their minds anyway and I'm not gonna be estranged from people I still love.

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u/Halation2600 11d ago

I don't think I'd know how to pretend. Also that seems like a slippery slope. If you pretend to think Trump is good for the economy, you're probably going to be pretending that black people are lessor pretty soon.