Nonilex

#POS

American families are worried about losing #FoodStamp benefits. Hundreds of thousands of #FederalWorkers have no idea when they will next be paid. Several #airports have been experiencing delays because of staffing shortages.

The pain of the government #shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the 5-week mark, with #Congress showing little movement toward a resolution. But #Trump has been attending to other matters.

#plutocracy #oligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters

The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.

The New York Times
Nov 1 at 1:10pmWeb
Show threadNonilexNov 1

Just hours after returning from a trip across Asia, #Trump left Washington Friday for a Halloween party & a fund-raiser at his Florida residence. When he weighed in briefly on the #shutdown, it was to cast the potential loss of #benefits that millions of Americans rely on for #groceries as mostly a problem for Democratic voters.

#POS #plutocracy #oligarchy #FoodStamps #SNAP #FederalWorkers

Show threadNonilexNov 1

Rather than offer steps he might take to bring the crisis to a close, #Trump called attention to the new details of his renovation of a White House #bathroom.

“Highly polished, Statuary marble!” Trump declared on social media as he posted images of his new Lincoln bathroom, even as some households planned on handing out canned soup in lieu of candy.

#POS #plutocracy #oligarchy #shutdown #FoodStamps #SNAP #FederalWorkers

Show threadNonilexNov 1

The stark contrast crystallized how #Trump has appeared largely disconnected [out-of-touch] from the fiscal impasse that has gripped Washington & paralyzed much of the federal government.

In the weeks before the #shutdown, Trump expressed confidence about the looming fight with #Democrats. He said that he was certain #Republicans could fund the government solely with their own votes & that they should not “even bother” #negotiating with the other party.

#POS #plutocracy #oligarchy

Show threadNonilexNov 1

As the stalemate nears the record for the longest #shutdown in US history — one set during Trump’s first term — he has continued to seem unbothered by the fallout, casting the log jam as one easily resolved.

“It’s their fault,” #Trump said of #Democrats [despite the fact that #Republicans control the #House, the #Senate, the presidency & #SCOTUS] as he traveled to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club & estate, on Friday. “Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”

#POS #plutocracy #oligarchy

Show threadFinchHaven sfbaNov 1

@Nonilex

"“It’s their fault,” #Trump said of #Democrats [despite the fact that #Republicans control the #House, the #Senate and the #Presidency] ... “Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”"

This has always been the #Republican starting point, and the only Republican solution:

"Give us everything we demand, in a full #Democratic capitulation, and your precious little country won't get hurt."

Show threadAndrew J SpauldingNov 1
@FinchHaven @Nonilex. You've nailed it 👏.
Show threadLisaHNov 1

@Nonilex Can I just remind everyone how completely abnormal this is?

He is President for the whole country. He works for Rs, Ds, Is and everyone in between

For our elected leader to openly try to crush half people in the country he leads is sick, pathologic and immoral

Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Nov 1
@Nonilex Real Corinthian Leather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAsP3ljOHhU
Ricardo Montalbán Reveals The True Meaning Of Corinthian Leather | Letterman

YouTube
Show threadStoneface VimesNov 1
@Nonilex oh. Well I guess that's ok then, if it's only a problem for democrat voters.
Show threadLisaHNov 1
@Nonilex A Great Gatsby themed party- he rubs his planned Gilded Age in everyone's faces