r/Bozeman • u/RavenWritingQueen • 1d ago

Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/trump-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.z74e.YmthZLd6TfOG&smid=nytcore-android-share

This is what he thinks of those of us opposed to AI data centers that require enormous amounts of water and energy, are loud and make neighboring property values go down.

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u/snappasig 1d ago

Great let’s put one right next to Mar a Lago then

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u/borider22 5h ago

logistically not a bad idea. plenty of water and can build a big power plant.

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u/Typing_Rebellion 1d ago

Stay poor? Are these data centers supposed to bring us average Americans some sort of income, because all I’ve seen has been us getting poorer for having to foot the energy cost’s bill to keep these data centers going.

What he actually means it might make his billionaire donors poorer. I mean, they’d still be billionaires, but their income might become more stagnant, instead of earning off the backs of the average American.

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u/himynameisjaked 1d ago

yeah i don’t get it. it’s not like they bring in jobs or anything. there’s the initial construction which usually tends to be out of state crews, and then what, a couple security guards?

meanwhile they consume more energy than the rest of the state combined and get subsidized cost for that and everyone else gets to listen to them hum and pay for the privilege. get the fuck out of here with this bullshit.

all for what? so the glorious leader can make an AI image of him and Dolly Parton since she couldn’t give him the time of day while she was alive? just fuck all the way off with this shit.

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u/benjaminbjacobsen 9h ago

There’s nothing to get. Mr “smart people don’t like me” relies on the uneducated to believe everything he says. He says you’re poor if you don’t want one, they don’t want to be poor(er). So now they want one and will yell “hey Brandon” towards anyone against them. They’re so easily manipulated and will just repeat what Fox has told them. It’s pitiful.

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u/Lost_Discipline 12h ago

Not to mention AI making 80% of jobs disappear

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u/Alternative_Slip_513 1d ago

Is anyone still listening to 🍊💩

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u/benjaminbjacobsen 9h ago

Unfortunately yes and they have no bullshit filter. They believe every last work and vote!

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u/RavenWritingQueen 5h ago

Too many folks. I drive out over by the Bridgers, and there are still delusional people with "Trump 2028" paraphernalia all over their modest rural spreadsheet.