Why is Trump waging war on the poor?

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Why is Trump waging war on the poor?
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Get ready America – here we go to war!

Generalissimo Trump (whose nom de guerre is “El Donaldo,” the mucho macho presidente of the USA) is personally directing the hostilities in this assault on – surprise! – the USA. Well, not every American. He’s specifically mounting a war on our country’s poor people, though he euphemistically calls it a war of liberation. The purpose, he says, is to “free” poor families from food stamps, Medicaid, housing assistance, and America’s other programs that alleviate poverty.

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