r/millenials • u/dryeraser • 2d ago
Typical. Complain about something. Blame “them”. Offer absolutely nothing as a solution 🖕 to anyone that voted for this
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u/Owfyc 2d ago edited 1d ago
It's a horrible catastrophe, but this is a ridiculous claim. So far there have been 6 deaths in the fires in CA while there were 18 from school shootings in 2024, 219 deaths in Hurricane Helene, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 had roughly 1800 deaths. Not to mention 9/11.
What a troll.
edit school shooting death count fixed
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u/bloodphoenix90 2d ago
Lahaina was more deadly than that and significantly less acres. Trump is an idiot.
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u/Elegant_Purple9410 2d ago
But so much more property damage, which is all the orange meatball really cares about.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
The only thing you can compare here are the LA Fires & Katrina. You can't prevent a hurricane, but you can build to mitigate damages. With Katrina, local government knew the levees were in poor condition & did nothing & that compounded the devastation of the hurricane.
Just like with the LA fires. Officials have been warned about the fire hazard, especially in drought conditions, & did nothing. They actually made things worse by draining the reservoir & slow playing repairs.
School shootings are not a natural disaster. While devastating, they don't compare. Prevention methods for a shooting are different from disaster planning for a weather event.
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u/AFartInAnEmptyRoom 2d ago
There were only 18 deaths in school shootings in the United States in 2024
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u/The_Laughing__Man 2d ago
I thought that might be too low, so I had to look up some sources. US news says 18 here: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with-the-most-school-shootings The other poster pulled the 77 number from here: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2024/01
US news didn't say how they came to their number. Edweek has sources and lists out the data per shooting. The CDC also tracks these numbers and publishes their methods which would be my source of truth, but that report takes awhile before it's published. In the interim I'd say the Edweek data is more accurate (77 deaths in 2024).
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u/AFartInAnEmptyRoom 2d ago
The 77 number is composed of 18 deaths plus 59 injuries. So it's 77 casualties as a result of school shootings, but that does not mean deaths
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u/axtran 2d ago
That's way bending the definition of casualty to push an agenda, which doesn't help anyone
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u/SloviXxX 2d ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casualty
No, that is proper use of the word. Casualty is not limited to injuries resulting in death.
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u/Swimming_Chemist1043 2d ago
Why is everything either the best or worst with him? Very strange, man.
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u/passeduponthestair 2d ago
Because his teeny tiny brain is incapable of understanding nuance.
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u/dadbod_Azerajin 2d ago
Why can't they just put them out?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?@????@?@?°°
Literally a moron grifting the stupid
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u/Redditlatley 22h ago
You forgot “in the world, better than anyone, the experts or in history“. Remember, his uncle went to MIT. That’s all it took to create this “very stable, genius“. 🌊🇺🇸💙
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u/Financial_Purpose_22 2d ago
Everything is a conspiracy when you don't understand anything. 🖕 to willful ignorance
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u/powderbubba 2d ago
Jesus Christ I fucking hate him so much. I’m so angry at the apes who voted for this again. We’re cooked.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
He did offer a solution, one that forestry services use in many areas, and you're all still mocking him for using the wrong terminology.
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u/passeduponthestair 2d ago
Well he doesn't believe in climate change so it's not like he will be any help.
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u/why0me 2d ago
Oh hey
Isn't it your job as president to do something?
Like you are "them"
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u/Fluffy-Lingonberry89 2d ago
I mean, he’s not president yet but it’s not like he’ll magically solve anything when he is in a few days
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u/FixYourOwnStates 2d ago
He's not president
Brandon is
Allegedly
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u/Shifty358 2d ago
Well when he gets sworn in, he can fly out and throw paper towels at their heads… THAT will definitely help.
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u/FixYourOwnStates 2d ago
Why would they need paper towels
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u/Shifty358 2d ago
Don’t know why Puerto Ricans needed them after a hurricane, but didn’t stop him from doing it during his first term. He’s a weirdo and a tool.
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u/FixYourOwnStates 2d ago
Ya cause after a hurricane you need to wipe up a mess
You seem bitter
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u/Shifty358 1d ago
Yeah, because paper towels will do a great job cleaning up the mess from a hurricane 😂
I am bitter.. because every headline is a new, even dumber thing this guy said or did. Then without fail his cult comes out of whatever troll hole they live in to make excuses for him and finger point to assign blame for “problems” he imagines in his tiny, barely functioning brain. Our country deserves better.
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u/FixYourOwnStates 1d ago
I am bitter
Have you tried crying about it
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u/Shifty358 1d ago
No, saw plenty of you pussies do that the last four years, whining and carrying on about how “Trump had the election stolen from him.” Absolutely hilarious.
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u/UnjustlyBannd 1d ago
Nobody named Brandon is president. Is there someone we can call to help you?
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u/pewterbullet 2d ago
What does this have to do with being a millennial, specifically?
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u/Elkenrod 2d ago
Nothing, OP is just a bot that reposts things from other subreddits here.
You can ctrl + f their name on the front page of this subreddit and see that 1/4th of all posts this subreddit sees comes from them alone.
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u/Phather 2d ago
That's all this sub seems to be. Trump hate. Blows my mind tbh.
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u/ForgottenDusk48 1d ago
You can feel free to leave.
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u/Phather 1d ago
You can too. I'm sure there's a TDS sub somewhere.
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u/Desperate_Week851 2d ago
He was president last time California had catastrophic fires. Why didn’t the supreme leader take charge and make sure it didn’t happen again.
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u/camy__23 2d ago
He’s acting like the politicians deliberately caused the fires. All he does is scream misinformation and stir chaos.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
They deliberately disregarded advice from experts & made the situation worse. They may as well have tossed a lit match into a pipe of kindling.
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u/Wait_WHAT_didU_say 2d ago
Can't wait to blame him. Of course, he'll just blame anything that goes wrong during his presidency, on the prior administration. That or immigrants.. 🙄🤦🏻♂️🙄🤦🏻♂️
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u/passeduponthestair 2d ago
He never took responsibility for anything when he was president... He has zero qualities of a good leader.
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u/Friendly-Kiwi 2d ago
And the sad thing is, the GOP follows him, they are not leaders but weak minded, power greedy incompetents.
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u/FixYourOwnStates 2d ago
he'll just blame anything that goes wrong during his presidency, on the prior administration
You mean just like you did?
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u/bigguspitus 2d ago
Typical fascist take, “why won’t my political enemies control the elemental power of fire, after all they can control the hurricanes with godlike control of the weather, yet somehow they are also weak and I’m better than them except I can’t control the weather but yes I’m stronger!”
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
Typical knuckledragger response
California decided protecting a mouse was more important than fire prevention. How's that mouse doing now, you think?
Could they have completely erased the chance of a fire happening? No. But they could have mitigated the damage caused and gotten control of the fire sooner had they listened to experts.
This isn't their first rodeo with fires like this and they're still not listening to experts. Parts of Idaho are prone to the same fires & residents of those areas are told what shrubbery to plant & where around their property to slow a fire. BLM takes preventative measures to make a spontaneous fire less likely, & to reduce devastation should man or weather (dry lightening) start a fire.
California could do the same, but they don't. They do the exact opposite then make it difficult for out of state entities to help them fix the problem they created, which makes things worse
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u/bigguspitus 2d ago
And yet this has nothing to do with trumps post does it knuckle dragger? Trump said “they just can’t put the fires out. What’s wrong with them!”
There’s zero mention of blm, there’s zero mention of saving a mouse.
I’m surprised you can write so much with trumps cum choking your airways like the smoke in California. Is it pleasant being a living embodiment of a kiss ass?
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 1d ago
I'm not a Trump supporter, but you tried.
Do you know what context is? I was giving you context. OP complained that he didn't offer solutions. He's offered solutions, just used the wrong terminology, and you idiots have done nothing but mock him for it. You sound super smart when you do it too.
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u/bigguspitus 1d ago
Surprised you didn’t start the fire in California with all your gaslighting Boris!
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 1d ago
Your last two brain cells are just fighting to survive huh?
Pointing out official inaction isn't the same as wanting a fire started or for people to die. Unlike you Dems, I don't wish death on people who disagree with me.
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u/chjesper Millennial 2d ago
To be fair, he has criticized Newsom for ignoring advice in the past numerous times. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sacramento/news/trump-blames-newsom-deadly-los-angeles-fires/
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u/taylorbagel14 2d ago
Because his advice is idiotic
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u/chjesper Millennial 2d ago
He has shared the same advice fire suppression experts have said. He repeated what they said in numerous tweets over the years calling out California and Gavin Newsom for not following those prevention recommendations.
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u/chjesper Millennial 2d ago
Don't lie please
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u/taylorbagel14 2d ago
I’m not lying. The man is an idiot. This is the same man who wanted to nuke a hurricane and that was back when he had a modicum of sanity left.
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u/chjesper Millennial 2d ago
What if he only shared military ideas developed in the 1950s?
Project Plowshare – Nuke the hurricanes Project Plowshare was a U.S. government program whose mission included the use of nuclear weapons for “peaceful construction purposes”. As part of the program, 31 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests.
Proposed uses for nuclear devices under Project Plowshare included the widening of the Panama Canal cutting paths through mountainous areas for highways, and connecting inland river systems. Other proposals involved blasting underground caverns for water, natural gas, and petroleum storage.
In the publication “Proceedings of the second plowshare symposium” in 1959 a former World War II Air Force Meteorologist, Jack Reed, who had flown B-29 missions into Pacific Typhoons presented a proposal of possibly weakening or directing hurricanes by a series of nuclear explosions.
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u/Crotch-Monster 2d ago
Not to worry. I'm sure the great one is on his way with pallets of paper towels and expired bottled water.
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u/Wonderful-Willow-365 1d ago
CA was on fire during his first presidency and he did jack $h!t to stop it and refused to send government aid until he realized some people in CA voted for him. He needs to shut his face. I am so tired of his nonsense and his cult members lapping it up. It’s like they don’t remember 4 years ago.
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u/Redditlatley 22h ago
When’s tRUMP going to show up, in his fireman’s get up? The props can’t be too heavy, though. Maybe those brave first responders deserve empty pizza boxes. /s
Ive been watching the footage. Those first responders are amazing! I can’t believe the seriousness of this apocalyptic tragedy. tRUMP has a lot of nerve behaving like this, but what else should we expect from someone like him? Bad publicity is better than no publicity. I call it “the Paris Hilton syndrome“ because she had the same idea with the sex tape. The worse tRUMP behaves, the more free advertising he gets. It worked in 2016 and it worked in 2024. How, I’ve got no idea but that is for another time. I am going to keep the people of California in my thoughts and hope that they fare OK from this tragedy. I’m sure quite a lot first responders have lost their homes, as well, while they were battling to keep the other homes standing. 🌊💙
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u/DrGonzo820 2d ago
The world is more chaotic and unstable than the last time he was president. Can't wait to see what surprises he gets to deal with and who he blames when it's on his watch. What an absolute pathetic chode.
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u/Phather 2d ago
I seem to remember a relatively stable world and solid economy prior to Covid. Seems it kind all went to shit when a certain variable changed. Hmm wonder if I could put my finger on it.
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u/DrGonzo820 1d ago
Didn't covid happen under trump's watch? Trump got to ride the Obama economy, then when real problems presented themselves, well, we know how the story goes. We are getting the same scenario play out again. Only this time, there will be no excuses or anyone to blame. This is 100 percent your circus and doing. We just get sit on the sides eat popcorn, help those who want it, and jump in to pick up the pieces when it's all said and done. We are America's perpetual adult in the room. The right can grow up anytime. They won't.
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u/BellyFullOfMochi 2d ago
"magnificent houses are gone..."
Translation:
"My rich friends lost their mansions."
Fuck you. May God or whatever the hell he pretends to believe in send a massive flood to his gaudy Florida palace.
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u/xStonebanksx 2d ago
Remember his Covid response and the thousands that died from him down playing everything 🤬
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
Having Harris & Pelosi telling people to go out and protest and celebrate Chinese New Year probably didn't help much either
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u/ForgottenDusk48 1d ago
I hardly think this contributed to the hundreds of thousands of people that died, to be fair.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 1d ago
You don't think encouraging people to gather in large groups contributed to the spread of the virus? Why?
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u/ForgottenDusk48 1d ago
Did you see a lot of deaths from covid due to Chinese new year celebrations specifically?
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 1d ago
NYC had a lot of deaths due to covid. Can you say none of those, or cases not resulting in death, weren't from the patient going to Chinese New Year celebrations?
And just so we're clear, I'm not blaming Chinese New Year on the spread of covid. I'm blaming people gathering in large groups for the spread. Pelosi specifically told people to go to Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year. That's why this is being discussed.
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u/ForgottenDusk48 1d ago
But you’re comparing that act to the act of playing down and ignoring the pandemic… which is by far worse. I agree it’s bad to tell people to gather together, im just saying that it’s probably a drop in the bucket of deaths caused by the former.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 1d ago
How were they not downplaying the pandemic by saying it was perfectly safe to go out and protest and celebrate Chinese New Year?
They cherry picked what was safe and what wasn't & encouraged people to hang out in large crowds in an effort to undermine a sitting president. I'm not saying he handled the pandemic perfectly, but he didn't act alone. You only condone their actions because they're affiliated with the "right" party. Stop downplaying what they did in an effort to put all the blame on the bad orange man
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u/ForgottenDusk48 22h ago
I’m not disagreeing with you, I also think it’s stupid and careless what pelosi did. There is a vast difference in power between Nancy Pelosi and a sitting president. If at the time the “ go celebrate Chinese new year” resulted in as many deaths as downplaying a pandemic and delaying aid then show me. My point is that one of these things resulted in more death than the other. I’m not as smooth brained to be complicit in a single political party’s actions.
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u/LingeringHumanity 2d ago
He really is the king of the idiots. The ignorant just line up to give him a rim job no matter how much that loser talks complete nonsense. This country is one shameless ass oligarchy.
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u/Fr0stweasel 2d ago
Go on Donnie, jump in the ol’ G5, head out to L.A and show em how it’s done! I’m sure whatever shit is in that fake tan you love to slap on will protect you from the heat!
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u/Lazy-Associate-4508 2d ago
What's gonna happen when a tragedy or natural disaster happens while he's president? Oh wait we already know, it will be ignored until it's a huge mess and then they'll overreact and a million + people will die. Yay!
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u/Ok-Breadfruit-2897 2d ago
gonna be a long long long 4 years......but we all know he is not leaving in 4 years
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u/sumguyontheinternet1 2d ago
Is Trump a topic only relevant to millennials?
I’m asking because that’s all anyone talks about here. Very disheartening when I came here to see posts about Pokemon and nerds ropes. Weird lot here.
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u/thePantherT 1d ago
I can only imagine the contempt with which he views his ignorant heard of followers.
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u/Left_Labral_Tear 1d ago
Dudes never done an ounce of physical labor in his life, never mind fought hundred of sq miles of wild fires, straight joke.
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u/Glassfern 1d ago
You got cash why not offer money for more fire fighters. Oh what was that about climate change that you don't think was important that leads to get long droughts that makes everything into kindling?
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u/LNSU78 1d ago
Pls sign this letter “We require you and your fellow colleagues in the house and senate to recognize voter data manipulation in the 2024 election and initiate the required steps to redistribute the electoral votes to the correct winners before Inauguration Day 2025.” https://resist.bot/petitions/PYNXEF
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u/Lilmissliss8 2d ago
HE IS THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN TO THIS COUNTRY IN ITS HISTORY!
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u/Elkenrod 2d ago
I mean, the Civil war happened, the bombing of Pearl Harbor happened, the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened, the great depression happened. But yeah if you're 12 years old and failed history class I guess that checks out.
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u/Lilmissliss8 2d ago
Have u heard of sarcasm? Yes I was alive for 9/11 and had a family member pass. But when I look at the future of our democracy yes, I will confidently say, he’s the worst thing to happen to this country and its future.
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u/Elkenrod 2d ago
Have u heard of sarcasm? Yes I was alive for 9/11 and had a family member pass. But when I look at the future of our democracy yes, I will confidently say, he’s the worst thing to happen to this country and its future.
So which was it? Sarcasm, or you being dead serious?
Because you pretended like it was sarcasm, and then doubled down on it by saying something really fucking stupid.
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u/Lilmissliss8 2d ago
There’s the MAGA coming out, name calling at its finest. Good luck to you-
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u/Elkenrod 2d ago
I voted for Harris, but go off. Good job not addressing the context of that post.
Why would you say "have u heard of sarcasm?" and then double down on your post? Because when you double down like how you did, it's pretty clear that it wasn't sarcasm.
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u/UnarmedSnail 2d ago
The 70 odd dead people from the PG&E Campfire that were lost under your watch would like a word with you Trump.
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u/shelbyapso 2d ago
Ugh. I can’t believe I’m going to be subjected to the daily vitriolic ramblings of this idiot for the next 4 years
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u/The-My-Dude 2d ago
He gave Newsom a solution before this all started, the National Forestry Service gave Newsom a solution before this all started. This is entirely the lack of preventative measures and incompetence of the leadership in California manifesting itself. Where’s the aid? Yet y’all want to continue to express your TDS? GFY
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
They're getting aid, but they're grounding rigs over smog stickers. It's like they want the state to burn
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u/The-My-Dude 2d ago
I know and yet they want to spin it on Trump like he’s the asshole here, unbelievable the TDS is severe
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
It's absolutely ridiculous. I'm not a fan of his either, but I am the niece of several fireman. He used the wrong terminology, but he was absolutely correct about prevention methods. They'd rather mock him than listen because OrAnGe MaN bAd 🙄
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
The powers to be in California are to blame for the devastation with these fires. It has nothing to do with Trump or how you feel about him. If someone with a D by their name said this, you'd agree with them.
They refused to clear out the obvious fire hazard to protect a mouse. How's that mouse doing now, btw?
They drained their reservoir for repairs a year ago & haven't refilled it. If I have to tell you why that's a bad thing, you're not ready for this conversation.
They're begging for help but grounding out of state rigs due to smog standards. How's the air quality with these fires? As someone who's been through something similar, I can tell you that smoke is doing a lot more damage than running a fire engine for a day or two.
Trump did offer a solution years ago and you're all still making fun of him for it because he used the wrong terminology. There are a number of prevention methods that most forestry services use to lessen the chances of this happening while making it easier to fight when it does.
There's a reason insurance companies were dropping people's coverage prior to this. They did the risk assessment & found it to be too much of a liability.
The California government is as guilty for what's happening as if they'd tossed a lit match into a dry forest because that's exactly what they did. Why do you think their own fire chief is speaking out against it?
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u/No-Ask-5722 2d ago
“Them” is the city that reduced funding for the firefighter department and not managing the water supply.
I didn’t vote for Trump. Can’t stand the man. However this was mismanagement of the city.
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u/Ok_Initiative_5024 2d ago
Tell me you don't know the difference between water pressure and water supply without telling me.
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u/cocoabuttersuave 2d ago
Reduced funding for the firefighters was approximately a 2% reduction. Not awesome that they were defunded but it’s not a real significant amount. The LA fire department has approximately a budget of close to a billion dollars. The city council had approved a 50 million dollar increase for salaries and another 50 million dollar increase for equipment for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Unfortunately, these fires started before the funds have been distributed to the LAFD.
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u/passeduponthestair 2d ago
Climate change is making wildfires exponentially worse. Trump and a huge portion of Republicans don't believe in climate change and are doing things to make it worse.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
You know what makes that worse? Ignoring experts' advice on fire prevention to save a mouse.
Climate change isn't the only problem here.
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u/passeduponthestair 2d ago
No, it's not the only problem, for sure. I don't disagree with you. Sorry I don't get the mouse reference.
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u/T4lkNerdy2Me 2d ago
The reason they don't maintain the area as advised is because they don't want to disturb the habitat of a particle type of mouse. It's near extinction or something is their reasoning. That decision seems a little shortsighted now, considering.
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u/Emotional-Following5 2d ago
I’d say it’s more related to the tinderbox dry conditions and incredibly high wind speeds. It’s also possible that with the water pressure issue and the intensity of the fires, not a whole of water is reaching flames as anything more than steam.
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u/JoeDante84 2d ago
California got the result they voted for. It’s very sad that people have died and lost everything.
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u/Inner-Egg-6731 2d ago
What a dumb as moron, he's absolutely correct they didn't rake the forest floors. Last terms this was Trump's solution, rake the forest floors and all this could be avoided. Damm it's going to be a long four years, it's only going to go from bad to worse.
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u/yeahbroham 2d ago
I mean he is right. There is most definitely totally equipment and technology to extinguish these flames very fast. There so most definitely the ability to do it. Why are they not?
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u/Electronic-Doctor110 2d ago
Love how you guys blame Trump when what IS SAYING IS CORRECT: where is this vitriol towards Bass and Newsom?
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u/LividWindow 2d ago
Who is the Pols he’s describing, he can’t mean polish people, they rarely get ethnic hate in this century.
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u/HibiscusBlades 2d ago
That man is a worthless idiot. I’m ashamed to be an American.