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# This Weeks Discussion Theme: [Consoom Trumpler] (https://arete.network/polls/39f7e396-11a0-4c41-9cf4-deaf34f80341/)
In this weekly we consoooooooooom Trumpler! Unless you been living in a log cabin off grid for the last two weeks you likely know Trump has been arrested. So, what did he do? They must have finally gotten him for his trips to Epstein Island? Oops, wrong guy. Wait oh it must have been for his son’s shady business deals with Ukraine and China. Dang, wrong guy again. Oh, wait, it has something to do with that corn star Hurricane Denise? Wasn’t all this nonsense settled like years ago? Who knows... Just need to crack open a few more Dylan Mulvaney Bud Lights and turn on CNN. Is there any sports ball on?
 
 
 
 
 
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* What is your opinion on Trumps arrest?
* Is it really campaign finance fraud or just weaponized lawfare?
* Do you think Trumps arrest have harmed his prospects for 2024 or helped?
 
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0.7% of the US national budget, or about 58.4 billion dollars, goes to foreign aid. [1] This is 27.8x the money going into our national parks [2], 2.4x the money going into NASA [3], and 57.4% (0.574x) of SNAP welfare [4]. That is 58.4 billion dollars leaving the country and disappearing. That is the entire GDP of Rhode Island in 2023 [5], barring about $200 million, vanishing. Every single year, almost the entire economic value of 2023 Rhode Island is sent to go absolutely nowhere. How big of a number is that, and how does it affect you? About as much as it looks.

A January 2024 count found 32,882 homeless veterans in the United States [6]. If the 58.4 billion dollars going into U.S. foreign aid was instead redirected towards them, it would give every single one about 1.77 million. That is, housing, food, medical expenses, etc., for about 15-25 years. Every single year.

The money going to Israel alone could do that. About 3.8 billion in military aid goes to Israel every year. [7] If this money was redirected, that translates to about $115k per year per homeless veteran in the United States.

Let's assume instead that if it were stopped, the money would be cut entirely and save the government 58 billion dollars a year. There were, in 2022, 153.8 million tax returns filed [8]. Let's assume blindly once again that this translates 1:1 and disregard things like joint filings. Every single taxpayer would save $356 annually from that alone, $356 that could mean the difference for affording rent, or groceries, or a car payment, not a negligible sum by any means. With foreign aid, that's $356 of your money vanishing into the ether. Of that $356 stolen from you every year, $24.68 of that goes to Israel. Every single year, you buy a month of premium Netflix for a jew. The money goes to the military, not to the public, but the analogy still works.

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/06/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid/
[2] https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-06/fy26bibnps508.pdf
[3] https://aas.org/posts/news/2026/01/congress-passes-fiscal-year-2026-spending-bills-nsf-nasa-and-doe#nasa
[4] https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-does-the-federal-government-spend-on-snap-every-year/country/united-states/
[5] https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lagdp1224.pdf
[6] https://nchv.org/veteran-homelessness/
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_supplying_arms_to_Israel (no further source given)
[8] https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2025/

Let's face it bros. Posting news, articles & memes within ConsumeProduct is all very well, but it's essentially preaching to the choir at this point, it doesn't move the needle. We learn new things from eachother, and that's great, but the public-square potential of it is mostly lost in the form of heat as long as it remains confined to this board alone. Engaging, funny, catchy and thought-provoking content needs to be projected outside of these walls as well.

So, what I propose is simply that everytime you post something here, take a moment to consider if it could also be reposted to one or several of the following boards, which are fertile grounds for planting seeds, not just due to the natural emerging proclivity of their discourse, but also simply due to the sheer volume of active users on these boards.

Obviously, you need to be the judge of what is appropriate for reposting where, as you probably wouldn't post a 700-page PDF debunking the holocaust on TheDonald, for example. Common sense applies, be familiar with the board before you post:

c/Funny - Already fairly jewpilled as many of you probably already know, political memes are welcome. It seems one of the jannies occasionally does some damage control, but overall things posted there get quite a lot of exposure.

c/KotakuInAction2 - Let's face it, KIA2 is almost a ConPro sister site at this point, but perhaps with a larger audience, or at least operating within a somewhat different demographic circle, which is welcome.

c/TheDonald - Yes I know, I know. I KNOW. But anyone who's been paying attention will have seen just how far the overton window on TheDonald has shifted over the years. It's crazy. Particularly effective are news items and memes about how israel is fucking over the US govt, (unconditional foreign aid to israel, two-tier justice regarding antisemitism, jews spitting on Christians, IDF targetting churches, etc...). The shills and mods are already working overtime to keep the narrative in check at this point. Less effective are things that suggest Trump literally sucks jew dick and works for greater israel, so just have some restraint there. They need to figure this out by themselves when they are ready.

c/GreatAwakening - Yeah yeah, they belong in an asylum, but it's a big board and they fucking hate israel. They probably repost a bunch of shit on their Facebook pages too, so it's win-win.

c/Memes - I think they are a bit stricter than c/Funny regarding political content but still, you can be the judge of how tasteful your meme is.

Did I forget any?

Key word: exposure. Being repeatedly exposed to the truth is the ultimate medicine, even if you didn't know that you were ill (and even if the pills take the form of memes 💊💊💊).