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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered
Jordan Collins

Under Donald Trump, billionaires made $1.5 trillion, Trump doubled his own fortune. Meanwhile, 40% Americans can’t even save $500

Donald Trump may not have been able to provide help to the millions of Americans he promised financial relief to prior to the election but he has been able to make his rich pals even richer while making a tidy profit himself.

Plenty of people who voted for Trump did so because they genuinely believed him when he promised to tackle the cost of living. Yet here we are, well over a year into his second term and things have not gotten better, in fact they’ve gotten worse, way worse than even the most pessimistic of us could have predicted. Trump has gutted the Affordable Care Act, destroyed families and started a war leaving many across the country facing the worst financial crisis ever.

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