Trump's light show is a wasteful and dubious use of public funds.

Politics Social IssuesOct 15, 2026score 0.272 posts · 0 replies across 2 instances

The thread discusses Trump's extravagant light show, which is criticized as a wasteful and dubious display of wealth, drawing comparisons to the Gilded Age. This highlights concerns about political spending and social inequality.

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Parent: Political SpendingEntity: Trump's Light ShowImpact: negativeDate: Oct 15, 2026 - Oct 16, 2026Target: The appropriateness of Trump's light show as a public expenditure.

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Sleeping giant awakens as Trump drops thousands on dubious light show https://www.alternet.org/trump-light-show/ via Alternet.org

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Sleeping giant awakens as Trump drops thousands on dubious light show

Some days feel like we're all living in the pages of a novel set in the Gilded Age, a time when the merely rich transformed into the very obscenely rich while everyone else struggled.

https://www.alternet.org/trump-light-show/

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