The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor — We Think That’s Bullsh*t

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If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to be gaslit by a golden-toilet-loving trust fund baby with a diet of cheeseburgers and conspiracy theories—look no further than the policies of the Trump administration. This isn’t governance. This is greed in a red tie telling you to shut up and suffer. Let’s peel back the mask and call out this nonsense for what it is: rich-man propaganda disguised as patriotism. The Billionaire Who Hates the PoorDonald “I’d Sell My Soul for a Golf Course” Trump strutted into office pretending to be the voice of the common man while swimming in gold curtains and unpaid labor lawsuits. The Trump administration’s economic policies were a full-blown war on working families—tax cuts for the elite, crumbs for the rest, and a big “screw you” to anyone making less than seven figures. While the Trump-a-lumpa and his billionaire buddies laughed from their yachts, Americans were drowning in medical bills, student loans, and rent hikes. But instead of fixing it, he told you to tighten your belt—while he loosened his waistband for another bucket of KFC. Starve the System, Starve the PeopleFrom slashing food stamps to attacking healthcare to defunding public housing, Trump’s gang of Gucci-wearing ghouls wanted the poor to disappear—preferably off paper, off payroll, and off the planet. Every budget proposal was an act of economic violence dressed in patriotism. He called it “draining the swamp.” We called it what it really was: draining the soul of a nation. He made being poor a crime. He turned empathy into weakness. He treated poverty like a character flaw instead of a national failure. And his followers? Still cheering like he just cured cancer instead of cutting Medicaid. Economic Abuse is Still AbuseLet’s not sugarcoat it. Poverty policies kill. They create cycles of suffering that crush generations. And Trump’s strategy was simple: keep folks too broke to fight back, too tired to organize, and too distracted by blame games to see who was really looting the country. While MAGA world cried about gas stoves and Mr. Potato Head, the real theft was happening in boardrooms and Senate chambers—with Trump as the head cheerleader in a red baseball cap and zero compassion. The People Ain’t Blind No MoreYou can only gaslight the masses for so long before the fire burns the liar. The American people are waking up to the scam. Poverty isn't a punishment, and it damn sure isn't a choice. It’s the result of policies designed to profit off pain. Trump wanted us broke, scared, and grateful for crumbs. But we’re done with crumbs. We want justice. We want equity. We want systems that lift people up, not push them down. And we sure as hell don’t want advice from a man who thinks struggle means running out of Diet Coke. Don’t let rich men with empty hearts and orange faces define your worth. Trump’s America was a mansion built on your suffering, and we’re burning it down with truth, unity, and real compassion. The war on poverty won’t be won by billionaires pretending to care—it’ll be won by the people refusing to stay silent.
Share this truth. Comment with your story. Subscribe for more heat. And to the Trump cult still believing he’s your savior? Wake up, boo. Your hero just tried to sell you a prayer coin and a Trump Bible made in China. Still out here defending a man who wouldn’t let you in his hotel lobby without calling security? Trump ain’t Moses. He’s the golden calf—overfed, overhyped, and overdue for demolition.
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