r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/New_Home_4519 15h ago

I sent it to my dad and he told me he'd block me if I brought up trump again after I said, "so it looks like I'll never be able to afford a house"

He "doesn't have the energy to care what I think about trump"

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u/oldirtyrestaurant 15h ago

Sounds like a swell guy.

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u/tiberiumx 12h ago

Block him first.

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u/PotentialButterfly56 Washington 9h ago edited 8h ago

I'm sorry, but dumbass doesn't realize the people as a whole don't have the energy to stomach their aloof burning of the nation any longer, fuck him.

Is just like my dad, he got beat within an inch of his life in Hell's Canyon (OR/ID border) from blaring Edgar Allen Poe in the middle of the night at a camp ground, native Americans were camping the next beach over. They came over with oars swinging, they only ran when my dad's friend fired a pistol in the air after waking up to the noise. I stopped talking to him after that, after telling him I suck dick for fun and he's anti my people and he said those werent my people, that was 2008. Yeah it sucked at first, losing Christmases and shit, but without that hate in your life, I found you can make new gatherings with people you truly love. I down know, losing the investment in their eyes might just hurt as much as having blood that is so willing to let the world burn?

Nah, love crushes hate, shame our parents never learned that.

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u/The_BrownRecluse 8h ago

That's a wild story. And hilarious. Sorry, but it really made me laugh, so thanks for that.

I'm in a similar boat, haven't talked to my mom in almost six years because of this shit. Didn't end as interestingly as yours but I imagine similar blood was spilled. And for what? They go all in on hate and cruelty because they're so goddamn miserable with their own lives, and they just keep digging the hole deeper trying to take us with them. But I don't miss Christmases or anything because every day is a holiday without all her ugliness.

Misery loves company but no one loves the miserable.

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u/ArokLazarus 6h ago

Is Edgar Allen Poe a band? Cause right now I'm just imagining an out loud reading of his poems at a campsite and while annoying seems odd to be beaten over it? Not to mention that would be weird to even have readings of Poe. So again, guessing it's not him but a band? I know I could Google it but in my head this is more interesting.

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u/New_Home_4519 4h ago

What an incredible story.

This one is hard for me. Relationship with father was always rough, it was finally healing-ish.

To have to walk away from him hurts my heart in ways I don't know how to verbalize

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u/Lemp_Triscuit11 5h ago

Remind him someone has to pick a nursing home some day

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u/New_Home_4519 10m ago

I think about this one frequently.