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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 542 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (58 children)

This is not someone killed in battle:

Donald Trump raged when he learned the funeral bill for Vanessa Guillén—the U.S. soldier who was sexually harassed and horrifically murdered by a male soldier at Fort Hood in 2020—cost $60,000, a bombshell report revealed Tuesday.

Somehow knowing the circumstances of her death makes Trump's awful remark even nastier. Especially since he is a rapist.

Guillén, a 20-year-old American of Mexican ancestry from Houston, was buried in her hometown on Aug. 15, 2020. Months later, in December, Trump reportedly asked his advisers in a meeting, “Did they bill us for the funeral? What did it cost?"

When an aide responded “yes” with the bill’s total, Trump allegedly unraveled. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f---ing Mexican,” he said, according to people in the meeting who spoke to the Atlantic.

Trump says vile things every day but this has to be one of the vilest.

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 156 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn, he was almost close to making a valid comment about how wildly overpriced funerals are today, then instead went full bore into super racism

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because he starts with super racism and goes from there.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Super racism. Almost makes ya reminisce over just plain ol' regular racism, right?

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

. . . but not Gary, he’s one of the good ones!

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How expensive do you think he'd want his own funeral to be?

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can’t wait to be able to pee on that grave. It’ll be like a pilgrimage.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Gotta make sure to take the trip to Rush's and Kissinger's, too.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

His casket is gonna have more gold in it than king tut’s. It’ll be expensive as shit.

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not sure he fully grasps the concept of his own mortality

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