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POTUS on increasing the military budget.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:56 am
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:56 am
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Tariff revenue—projected at $2.5T through 2035—directly funds this buildout while forcing adversarial nations to bankroll their own deterrence.
Critics whine about debt but ignore the $150B annual cost of unchecked illegal immigration that weakens our posture. Every dollar spent on next-gen missile defense and carrier groups like those neutralizing Houthi drones in the Red Sea is an investment in preventing wider conflicts.
Weakness invites war—dominance secures peace.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 7:58 am
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:59 am to Ailsa
How about we fully redo the MIC ststem like cotter pins costing $80 or the parts that the Secretary of the Army has already talked about first then worry about an increase in spending
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:17 am to cascadia
Reinvent the purchasing system.
The specs are the problem.
The specs are the problem.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:26 am to Ailsa
We actually could have healthcare and working infrastructure. There is apparently plenty of money.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:33 am to TBoy
We will.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:48 am to TBoy
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We actually could have healthcare
Yes, because our government has shown to be very effective at that.
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working infrastructure
Have been of voting age since 1988. Every single election, infrastructure has been a key point for both parties. Several spending bills have been passed. Everyone has been nothing but pork.
Sit down. Stay down. You add nothing.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:50 am to Ailsa
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Weakness invites war—dominance secures peace
The USA has been dominate my entire life. That has not stopped much. In fact we have been bombing places non-stop for how long now? 20...30 years or more.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:52 am to Ailsa
Keep fueling the war machine, while our nation's corporations finance our enemies and buy politicians at every level. You can defend "global shipping lanes" all you want. If your own nation is being slowly hollowed out and corrupted, sacrificing a bunch more kids to endless wars isn't going to improve anything, no matter how "superior" you think your "equipment" is.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:53 am to UtahCajun
quote:Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Syria & Venezuela in the last year.
We have been bombing places for how long now..20, 30 years?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:54 am to Ailsa
It's obviously more complicated than this but if the U.S. debt train does runaway & the world goes into an economic Dark Age, that's a great time to have a dominant military.
There's really not a bad time to have a dominant military.
There's really not a bad time to have a dominant military.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:57 am to Ailsa
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:40 am to Ailsa
I think military spending needs to be frozen at current levels until, the Pentagon passes those failed audits and the results are publicly released.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:42 am to bluedragon
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Reinvent the purchasing system.
The specs are the problem.
THIS
We must work together.
ETA: Until the government corrects their bad habits, frick off with increasing spending. Defense procurement is a wreck. We could be far more lethal than we are now with far less money than we spend now.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 9:44 am
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:41 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I built facilities at Command Central, McDill AFB Tampa. Nothing more worthless than a half wit Staff Sargent and an arrogant MIT grad that can’t design right.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:42 am to Ailsa
I voted for this 
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:45 am to LegendInMyMind
Tariffs will cover all expenses.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:02 pm to Ailsa
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Tariffs will cover all expenses.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:03 pm to bluedragon
Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:04 pm to Ailsa
quote:And eliminates income taxes, and provides rebate checks, and pays off the debt, and… and… and…
Tariff revenue—projected at $2.5T through 2035—directly funds this buildout
quote:Unfettered illegals immigration must be stopped. It’s one of governments most essential duties. But $150B is only about 10% of our current annual deficit, and about 2’% of total spending. Scale matters.
Critics whine about debt but ignore the $150B annual cost of unchecked illegal immigration that weakens our postur
We need deep cuts in the big ticket items like SS, Medicare, and DOD to address the budget. Unfortunately, it looks like the neocons have taken over the Trump admin and we’re going to keep up or world police expenses—and maybe expand them.
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