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[–] [email protected] 542 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

This is not someone killed in battle:

Donald Trump raged when he learned the funeral bill for Vanessa Guillén—the U.S. soldier who was sexually harassed and horrifically murdered by a male soldier at Fort Hood in 2020—cost $60,000, a bombshell report revealed Tuesday.

Somehow knowing the circumstances of her death makes Trump's awful remark even nastier. Especially since he is a rapist.

Guillén, a 20-year-old American of Mexican ancestry from Houston, was buried in her hometown on Aug. 15, 2020. Months later, in December, Trump reportedly asked his advisers in a meeting, “Did they bill us for the funeral? What did it cost?"

When an aide responded “yes” with the bill’s total, Trump allegedly unraveled. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f---ing Mexican,” he said, according to people in the meeting who spoke to the Atlantic.

Trump says vile things every day but this has to be one of the vilest.

[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hate this man more than words can express

[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And yet somehow, not as much as I hate the people who will vote for him.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump would be nothing without his enablers. They definitely deserve your loathing first.

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Damn, he was almost close to making a valid comment about how wildly overpriced funerals are today, then instead went full bore into super racism

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because he starts with super racism and goes from there.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Super racism. Almost makes ya reminisce over just plain ol' regular racism, right?

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago (3 children)

He followed through with the sentiment too.

The magazine reported that Trump then turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and ordered him, “Don’t pay it!” That order was apparently heeded by Meadows, as the Atlantic reported that Trump never sent a dime to help cover funeral costs for the slain woman.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

so they don't leave bad reviews.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

Back in the '80s Trump publicly offered to pay the funeral expenses of a child killed by a bear ... and then reneged, naturally.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (13 children)

It's absolutely vile to invite the mother to the white house, offer to pay, and then later rescind that offer.

If he'd never offered it wouldn't matter.

This is just so so abhorrent, even for trump.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

But he definitely doesn’t think the same way about the people voting for him…

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That's the main point I never understood about his voters. His political agenda and your political affiliation don't even matter. All you have to understand is that everything he does is for his own benefit. Nobody wants an egoist in charge in a smaller setting - why the fuck elect one as president?

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The fact that this election is close makes this all even worse.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your country is fucked dude.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And this is an american. Republicans should be afraid he can change whatever "american" is whenever he wants.

What's funny is his dumb brain immediately went with "What are the costs? I can blame the dems for cost" without even considering the circumstances

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

This is an American actively serving the country.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

It's perfectly emblematic of how Trump doesn't just 'other' people for political gain, it's built in.

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[–] [email protected] 180 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

And the family he said it about continues to kiss his ass. What the fuck is wrong with people?

We are grateful for everything he has done and continues to do to support our troops.

Says the sister of the soldier who was sexually abused and slain at Fort Hood, TX.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago

What an absolute fucking moron, I hope her sister is haunting her

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago

That’s what pissed me off the most when I read this. Fucking pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'm starting to think Donald Trump is not a very nice person.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m going to need further citations

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm told he does not like dogs.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago

Don is a nasty POS, fuck him and all his supporters.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Trump reportedly complained later in the day that these “fucking people” are “trying to rip me off.”

He thinks it's his money.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago

Just one more thing that should absolutely torpedo any political career, that won't hurt him at all. His MAGAt cultists probably think that was "speaking the truth" or some stupid shit like that. Anyone who would be bothered by his comments has abandoned him ages ago.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck the Troops!

-Patriotic Republicans!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

But not with consent! -Trump in particular

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

Like he'd pay any bill ever

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (23 children)

How the hell is he winning so much of the Black and Hispanic vote? Like... any percentage at all?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

If I were a betting man, I would wager that Donald will drop the “N” word by the time the election is over.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

Oligarchy 101.

Treat public expenses like it's coming out your own pocket.

Treat the public purse like it's your own personal bank account.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuckface 45 is a disgusting pile of burning excrement.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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"

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Wtf are funerals that expensive?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

They can be, sadly. It depends where you live, where you have someone buried, and what services and coffin and whatnot you get. But yeah, the funeral business in the US is pretty crazy greedy. $60k is definitely on the higher end. According to a quick Google, my state's average funeral cost is around $8k, with the total cost (including mortuary services, etc) around $20k.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In the US, funeral homes try to get as much money out of you as possible because they know you are emotionally vulnerable. There are exposes on funeral homes having predatory services.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"No, 60k is to bury a DEAD Mexican. The ones fucking generally don't want to be buried"

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trump cultists: "He isn't racist."

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

“It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f---ing Mexican!” Is this trump admitting to murdering mexicans? Or at least knowing how much it cost to bury them afterwards?

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