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bigtree

(94,129 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:26 PM 1 hr ago

"How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?"

Acyn @Acyn
Question: I'm a waiter at a local restaurant in Queens, a full time college student who sleeps an average of four hours a night and is still thousands in debt. How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?





more:

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and a panel of subject matter experts answer questions from CNN’s Dana Bash and a live studio audience about the Trump administration’s strategy and what may come next — while hearing directly from Americans about how the conflict is impacting them.

watch clip:



full town hall here: https://cnn.it/4lIghrX

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"How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?" (Original Post) bigtree 1 hr ago OP
Hard to express the level of bafflegab dpibel 1 hr ago #1
BOTH! And if there is such a thing as God and The Devil, Jack Valentino 1 hr ago #5
student shoulda told him to quit blathering and answer the question nt msongs 1 hr ago #2
the answer showed that he clearly didn't give a shit bigtree 1 hr ago #3
it's part of the Trump whore schtick Skittles 44 min ago #6
It ISN'T helping you, but it IS HURTING YOU---- as well as hurting people all over Jack Valentino 1 hr ago #4

dpibel

(3,910 posts)
1. Hard to express the level of bafflegab
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:40 PM
1 hr ago

Definitional Trumpism: The filibuster of lies.

Either this man is insane or he is profoundly evil.

Jack Valentino

(4,946 posts)
5. BOTH! And if there is such a thing as God and The Devil,
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:00 PM
1 hr ago

it wasn't GOD who 'annointed/appointed' him to this position---
is was clearly 'The Devil' !!!

And he clearly IS insane, AND profoundly evil at the same time!


'maybe we should keep bombing Iran just for fun!'
~Donald Antichrist Drumph

bigtree

(94,129 posts)
3. the answer showed that he clearly didn't give a shit
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:49 PM
1 hr ago

...not the questioner's responsibility.

Why ask to be bullshitted again?

Jack Valentino

(4,946 posts)
4. It ISN'T helping you, but it IS HURTING YOU---- as well as hurting people all over
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:55 PM
1 hr ago

the entire world!


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