No, the Pentagon budget is not actually being slashed. It's being reshuffled to finance some alarming Trump priorities, including: border militarization, "Iron Dome" for America, and militarization against China. @stephensemler.bsky.social and I analyze the latest. inthesetimes.com/article/trum... - ThreadSky

sarahlazare.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

No, the Pentagon budget is not actually being slashed. It's being reshuffled to finance some alarming Trump priorities, including: border militarization, "Iron Dome" for America, and militarization against China. @stephensemler.bsky.social and I analyze the latest. https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-hegseth-pentagon-budget-cuts-myth

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crowfliesnorth.bsky.social•12 hours ago

There will be World War 3

sea3031.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The Iron Dome which isn’t technically possible for the task. In Israel it covers a small area and targets short range missiles. Lots of money has been spent on this and there’s been no solution to vast area coverage.

heimatplanet.bsky.social•14 hours ago

DT is never against China. That's another hoax. China is waiting right behind Putin and his goons. I hope both will be dead before we have to watch that unfold.

cheefychief.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I guess we’ll need an iron dome if we don’t have an allies left!

rkbrown2230.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Our true defense was our military alliances and our network of trade agreements with the worlds' liberal democracies. Trump is trashing them both, and no "iron dome" will replace them.

judith-clark.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Time for the citizens of America to get off social media and out into the streets!!!

frankieface15.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Is he falling on them? Oh right.

gdubba.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I get why some people find militarization of the border a bad thing, but what's "alarming" about these particular initiatives?

j-c11.bsky.social•12 hours ago

No serious person thought that The Party of Trump would cut the defense budget. That’s not what fascists do.

californiarefugee.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Wow, protect the border, be able to shoot down missiles, and project "peace through strength" vis-a-vis China. Pretty scary. So alarming.
Do these people take dumb pills, or what?

michaelis-paulus.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The DOD has the biggest fraud and waste out of our entire government.

caseyjbowers.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Very unsettling.

4jahall.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Worse than Regan’s Star Wars programs

argomax.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Responses here assume that Trump is not a Russian asset out to destroy America while getting rich.

trump-is-a-virus.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Iron dome? No one is shooting short range rockets into the US. We already have ballistic missile interceptors. He's a fucking moron.

whitsuz.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Meanwhile, the soldier in our family is charged $500 a month for food in the mess hall that he cannot access because of his assigned job.

trump-into-space.bsky.social•15 hours ago

card-9.bsky.social•12 hours ago

If he didn't make me loathe him so much I'd feel sorry for him. It's sad really on so many levels. More so the fact that these magats voted for him blindly. Why haven't his kids put him in a home.

hpsc24.bsky.social•12 hours ago

therrell.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Vote of No Confidence: State Governments Must Reject Federal Governance Breakdown https://chng.it/8wKPHVsPfD

oldsalt946.bsky.social•8 hours ago

But look at all the money we're saving by screwing over our trans military personnel who have served with honor and dignity. This is sadly reminiscent of how we treated gay soldiers before Clinton opened that crack.

lindashepherd.bsky.social•26 minutes ago

No one’s stopping him FDT

paradigm317.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Iron dome for America. What in the world

amstermom.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Obviously a chance for some primo-level grift. If Trump ever gets disabused of the idea that it's an actual dome made out of ferrous metal, it will be Musk's next boondoggle.

davenewb.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I suspect the Iron Dome is a way to prevent allies from benefiting from the US' nuclear umbrella. However, it ignores the cost to the US of a Russian-controlled Europe.

azbutch.bsky.social•15 hours ago

All of which will be done at the expense of taking care of the troops.

ginmoore.bsky.social•14 hours ago

One day he talks to Netanyahu, the next day he’s like, “Mommy, I want an Iron Dome too!” [Stomps foot.]

stillmovingalong.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Confused here. Up militarization against China-costs how much? While defunding USAID to save how much? Sorry. I'm favoring soft diplomacy, if that was synonymous USAID. Returns much greater, from a business standpoint-that's beyond tRUMPski & companies comprehension.

ajosharpe.bsky.social•15 hours ago

the Iron Dome for America is the stupidest fucking thing I have heard of...and given the times we are living in - that's saying something.

bayley36.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The biggest priority being expensive golf trips I hear.

we-are-toast.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Why doesn't his body obey the laws of gravity? He's always 1/4" from simply tipping over.

lmmwill.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Jeezus, I’ve wondered the same thing! He pitches forward and his arms hang weirdly at his sides. What is up with that??

juldragon36.bsky.social•4 hours ago

It's funny why is he worried about China when he is single handedly handing them power his actions? Both China & Russia will gain from this, & we all know Russia is not what it once was. China will lead as the super power, then Europe, Canada, possibly Russia, & way later the US.thank trumpelonvance

maya-18.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Looking at the faces of these 2 normal looking ppl, it's hard to believe they actually care/smile abt anything this dementia riddled man has to say. 🤦

karuna33.bsky.social•6 hours ago

What if all these cuts in the US and Tariffs aim at having the money to create MUSK's armada of 8 Billion Robocops to control dissidents and the masses? 🤖

birdmanofalumrock.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Are they smiling due to the babbling? Not sure...

pb48.bsky.social•11 hours ago

How much is going into his or muskys pocket?

tokyopoetryclub.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Except for maintaining funding for us veterans needing VA care and giving recognition to all the "suckers and losers" who laid down their lives for the US military.

jasonboerema.bsky.social•15 hours ago

If the enemy is close enough that we have to use Iron Dome on our own mainland, I’d say we have some serious issues.

123simco.bsky.social•15 hours ago

This is so dystopian, as hell! A “Iron Dome”.

flat-mars.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Some people actually thought that the pentagon budget would be cut? 😂😂😂
Which planet have they been living on.

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