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Miles Archer

(24,056 posts)
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:03 PM Monday

Trump: "I could hire a million people or two million people and we'll have absolutely no employment."

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
a very confused Trump: "I could with one swipe of the pen say, 'Let's have no employment,' and I'll hire a million people or two million people and we'll have absolutely no employment."

a very confused Trump: "I could with one swipe of the pen say, 'Let's have no employment,' and I'll hire a million people or two million people and we'll have absolutely no employment."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-04T20:07:31.317Z
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Trump: "I could hire a million people or two million people and we'll have absolutely no employment." (Original Post) Miles Archer Monday OP
Didn't he and Elmo lay off 300,000 people? BlueTsunami2018 Monday #1
Fox will, doubtless, present breathless, concerned coverage re. its mental state for the next 72 hours, I'm sure . . . hatrack Monday #2
OK, do it then! What are you waiting for? Coventina Monday #3
Nucking Futz. Botany Monday #4
...................... Lovie777 Monday #5
He's either lying or he's a huge asshole. C_U_L8R Monday #6
I mean, Hitler did it Prairie Gates Monday #7
Does F47 have any mind left to lose? 0rganism Monday #8
Has this been translated into English?(NT) The Wizard Monday #9
Of course he would Traildogbob Monday #10
He---Or Rather, His Subconscious---ALWAYS Tells His Truth...... ColoringFool Monday #11

BlueTsunami2018

(5,048 posts)
1. Didn't he and Elmo lay off 300,000 people?
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:07 PM
Monday

Things might have been better had they not done that but P25 has to do P25 things.

hatrack

(65,061 posts)
2. Fox will, doubtless, present breathless, concerned coverage re. its mental state for the next 72 hours, I'm sure . . .
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:10 PM
Monday

Botany

(77,737 posts)
4. Nucking Futz.
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:12 PM
Monday

His face looks like it is sliding off his head. Something is going on there.

“Let have no employment.”

The word is UNEMPLOYMENT.

0rganism

(25,696 posts)
8. Does F47 have any mind left to lose?
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:30 PM
Monday

Sometimes just trying to parse his bizarre commentaries makes me feel like I'm losing mine.






ColoringFool

(979 posts)
11. He---Or Rather, His Subconscious---ALWAYS Tells His Truth......
Mon May 4, 2026, 07:23 PM
Monday

In this case, TRUMP'S DESIRE FOR AMERICANS TO HAVE NO EMPLOYMENT.

I AM NOT JOKING. This was not a Freudian slip or a malapropism or dementia; this was Trump’s subconscious trying to warn us.

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