• NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 days ago

    It’s not a surprise to me that this is happening given Donnie’s love of another failure of a president, Andrew Jackson. Andy had a White House inauguration party which he brilliantly decided should be open to the public. It became such a disaster he had flee to get clear of the crowd (20,000 people showed up… which is crazy given this was 1829). The party only ended when the White House staff moved tubs of booze and ice cream onto the very lawn this stupid octagon is on to get all rioters party guests out of the White House at which point they locked the doors.

    I really fucking hate Andrew Jackson. Anyone that says anything positive about him automatically goes on my dipshit list.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      So, we’ve been through this particular shitshow before. It is one thing to do it in the 19th century vs now though.

      In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act. This act, which has been described as ethnic cleansing, displaced tens of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands east of the Mississippi River. It resulted in thousands of deaths in what has become known as the Trail of Tears.

      In January 1835, Jackson paid off the national debt, the only time in U.S. history that it had been accomplished.[306][307] It was paid down through tariff revenues,[290] carefully managing federal funding of internal improvements like roads and canals,[308] and the sale of public lands.[309] Between 1834 and 1836, the government had an unprecedented spike in land sales:[310] At its peak in 1836, the profits from land sales were eight to twelve times higher than a typical year.[311] During Jackson’s presidency, 63 million acres of public land—about the size of the state of Oklahoma—was sold.[312] After Jackson’s term expired in 1837, a Democrat-majority Senate expunged Jackson’s censure.[313][314]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        19 days ago

        Yeah history is rhyming a little too much. I see echos of Jackson blowing up the Bank of the US any time Trump cries about the Fed. Cant wait for our panic of 1837 part deux

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      19 days ago

      Watched, but didn’t have a clue what was going on. Like everything else he sees.

    • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
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      19 days ago

      but then he’d still be smart enough to know he don’t know shit, and to bring in the smartest guy on the planet to fix things.

    • Jiral@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      He doesn’t even come close. Camacho was a great president, he was dumb like bread but he figured out that things went catastrophically wrong and he not only found the best qualified person to address that problem but also promoted him to a position of power and enabled him to resolve the issue, saving the country from famine.

      That is more than a number of presidents of the US of A have done and certainly more than Trump would be ever capable of.

    • IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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      19 days ago

      Right. And Americans are entertainment zombie slaves too. Trump’s image is spot on with the American lifestyle. Doesn’t matter what side your on. The only opinion I’ll take is from someone living illegally off the grid that doesn’t play these bullshit games.

      If one participates in American culture, this is what they are manifesting. It doesn’t matter if you’re left right or center because you’re just another arm on the beast. No one has the right to participate AND talk shit.

      Including me. 🫢🥺😣😳

    • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      19 days ago

      Looks like maybe they built a platform over it?

      Also man, finding legit pictures of this monstrosity is a pain. You search for it and there’s a million renders of what it might look like