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US plans to fire 80k Veterans Affairs workers

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Is their reasoning going to be that all 80k of these employees weren’t actually helping veterans…?

Seems like a direct shot at his voter base, don’t really understand the reasoning behind it.

He only needed their vote to stay out of prison. Their needs are no longer relevant, if they ever were.

Yes. He'll be 81 if he leaves office and can't run again.

No more use for votes or voters.

He already talks about third presidency. One way or the other, he won't give up power.

Definitionally, a veteran is no longer serving the country. If you're strictly thinking about it from a perspective of efficiency, providing them any service at all is a waste. This is not how I consider it, but I wonder if a billionaire who thinks that all other humans are NPCs might think this way.

the 800000 are going to be replaced.....,.....wait for it............. with an app and the money not wasted on irelevant beurocracy, will instead go to vets, making the move unassailable 80000 beurocrats and there infrastructure will run into billions

spellcheck bro, have you heard of it?

the question is how many of the now-to-go-veterans have voted for trump? Its always the same and I really cant understand why trump has been elected a second time, when its was foreseeable that everything that happened in his first term will happen on steroids in power of 2 , when trump is elected a second time again. Its a push for his ego.

So, why is everyone now like "oh oh i didnt expect that"?? The same with the UK - Brexit and now? LOL

Thats a problem of people living in our time! they don't get that "team up" is better than "boss up" or "me me me" -> together is the word that makes one overcome the biggest obstacles.

Me as european citizen, was shocked what happend in the white house with selenskij/trump and JD. And I tell you - I wont buy any US beef anymore, no US products, no no no... I still will use google, meta's whatsapp and some other things, however :)

I was shocked by the behavior. And there is nothing that will make me stop thinking USA is not a friend anymore. It isn't. America first - Ok! Challenge accepted.

> I really cant understand why trump has been elected a second time

It's really simple. His only major opponent was a candidate that lost their own party's primary.

Perhaps so, but inflation too was a major concern.

As an American, please stop supporting our economy. The only way the idiots in this country will change their mind is when they feel the pain of their actions.

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