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no_hypocrisy

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5. If it had gone otherwise . . . . .

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 05:51 AM

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Trump would have used OUR taxpayer dollars to buy a struggling airline.

But an airline has no place in the functions of a federal government.

And we wouldn't have "owned" it anyway.

Trump would have re-named it "Trump Airlines".

And like his prior "Trump Airlines," it would have gone under anyway.

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