• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    41
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    8 days ago

    Trump was reportedly still irked by the bill later that same day, with him claiming that Guillén’s grieving family was trying to take advantage of his wealth.

    “Can you believe it?” he said, according to a witness. “F—ing people, trying to rip me off.”

    So this is rather telling, him thinking that the “money of the US government” is “my money”

    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      8 days ago

      This is because he desperately is clinging to the ancient ideal (and I mean ANCIENT. Like early Middle Ages ancient) that everything in the kingdom is the direct and personal property of the king.

      So in that sense, the billions of dollars allocated to the military every year is actually his money.