• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Donald Trump has done similar things.

    Like shilling for Goya products from the Oval Office? Yes that’s totally similar to turning down a raise.

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      2 days ago

      No, like turning down a pay check:

      https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/11/14/trump-says-no-to-presidential-salary-could-you-do-the-same-cut-your-tax-bill/

      Like I say, the people that support him point to things like this and ignore all of the many many criticisms of him. He probably took the money anyway, a populist only needs to say they’re turning down money, it gets some headlines that supporters will link to those and it doesn’t matter if it actually happens.

      This is just how populism works. You’re upset when your guy gets called out for bullshit populism while at the same time thinking some other guy is being bullshit when they do bullshit populism. Even when it’s the same action. Populism is all about increasing the popularity of the person, while ignoring policies. It’s just “my guy good, other guy bad.”