Trump: "We're fighting wars. We can't take care of day care"
dryarzeg
13 points
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April 02, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
dryarzeg
Also see: https://x.com/metzgov/status/2039462014968316313 | https://xcancel.com/metzgov/status/2039462014968316313#m
smallerize
Good news, the war will be over in two weeks and then we can fund daycares, right? Oh wait it's Thursday, gotta wait for the beginning of the week for the war to be ending soon.
k310
From 2018: Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18 [0] > President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.” > “We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. > “We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said. > Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars. What changed? Epstein papers showed up on the doorstep. Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD's) in response. [0] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-...
Sabinus
Imagine if you had shown a Trump supporter this future during the end of the Biden Presidency. All the campaigning and moralising over the price of eggs and gas. The desire for isolationism. All the condemnation over the 'botched' Afghanistan withdrawl. Now Trump starts a war that'll make the COVID inflation look cute and fun, with apparently very little preparation, and it's got 2/3 Republican support. How does this make sense?
AnimalMuppet
We might have been able to fund both. We couldn't do both and give a massive tax cut to the rich, though. And, between "wars" and "daycare", the "daycare" set of funds are actually appropriated by Congress, and therefore are funds that the government is actually legally authorized (and even required) to spend.
treetalker
To triangulate where we are with this guy: at yesterday's SCOTUS arguments in the birthright citizenship case, Thomas was skeptical of the administration's constitutional stance and Alito uttered the words "humanitarian issue".