{"id":45705,"date":"2025-12-22T12:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45705"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:49:55","slug":"trump-announces-new-dodger-dividend-for-anyone-who-avoided-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/trump-announces-new-dodger-dividend-for-anyone-who-avoided-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces New \u2018Dodger Dividend\u2019 For Anyone Who Avoided Military Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Trump_Announces_NIB-PH-G.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: December 18, 2025 (TheOnion.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014Praising the recipients for their acts of true American&nbsp;cowardice, President Donald Trump proudly announced a new \u201cDodger Dividend\u201d on Wednesday night for anyone who successfully avoided military service. \u201cToday, we celebrate the millions of patriots willing to step up and do whatever it takes to avoid being shipped off to war and getting themselves killed,\u201d Trump said in a primetime televised address, claiming that the $1,776 payments were the least he could do for those willing to risk everything by faking a medical condition, falsifying a student deferment, or forging National Guard reserve-duty papers on behalf of the nation. \u201cWhether their wealthy father paid a doctor to claim they had bone spurs, or they got drunk and shot a bullet straight through their foot,&nbsp;or they spent an entire week soiling their pants before visiting the draft office, these&nbsp;Americans deserve every penny. To those who claimed family hardship after backing their car over their grandmother in the driveway, we salute you. You\u2019ve earned it.\u201d Trump added that he would also be awarding a \u201cDeserter Dividend\u201d to anyone who willfully abandoned their post or went AWOL while serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: December 18, 2025 (TheOnion.com) WASHINGTON\u2014Praising the recipients for their acts of true American&nbsp;cowardice, President Donald Trump proudly announced a new \u201cDodger Dividend\u201d on Wednesday night for anyone who successfully avoided military service. \u201cToday, we celebrate the millions of patriots willing to step up and do whatever it takes to&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/trump-announces-new-dodger-dividend-for-anyone-who-avoided-military-service\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45706,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45705\/revisions\/45706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}