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President Donald Trump floated the idea of a three-way meeting with the leaders of Russia and China in which the countries would agree to cut defense spending in half.
Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Thursday, suggested repeatedly that he'd seek such a deal with Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, saying the money could be spent better elsewhere.
"One of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China, President Putin of Russia," Trump said. "And I want to say, 'let's cut our military budget in half.' And we can do that. And I think we'll be able to do it."
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that's literally the shitlib talking point about DOGE cutting USAID
DOGE should be looking to cut defense spending first
now it's a bad thing lol
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There's so much bloat there too, I'm convinced you could cut it substantially without impacting our military readiness.
There was some big story years and years ago when someone discovered/leaked that the US navy was spending like $50k/ea on potty seats. That specific instance may have been rectified but I'm sure that kind of bloat exists all up and down our military and nothing significant was ever done in response.
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Defense budget has been a thinly veiled jobs/welfare program for a while.
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This goes well beyond that imo.
Paying these kinds of prices means somebody is lining their pockets - heavily. I'm sure the person writing the contract has an improper relationship with the person selling the "$50k" potty seats.
This is unironically the kind of thing DOGE should be looking for. Well actually it should be the GAO but they're apparently useless too.
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Service men should shit standing up, it builds character and camaraderie.
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Emulate the world's newest superpower and use squat pottys sar.
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Biden did 1-9$ defense spending cuts (after inflation)?
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context bb context
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Didnt read that far
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"The point" is it's Trump doing it and not someone they like lmao
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