• I_Jedi@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    Relevant full tweet if anyone’s interested:

    The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better - As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons. Wars can be fought “forever,” and very successfully, using just these supplies (which are better than other countries finest arms!). At the highest end, we have a good supply, but are not where we want to be. Much additional high grade weaponry is stored for us in outlying countries. Sleepy Joe Biden spent all of his time, and our Country’s money, GIVING everything to P.T. Barnum (Zelenskyy!) of Ukraine - Hundreds of Billions of Dollars worth - And, while he gave so much of the super high end away (FREE!), he didn’t bother to replace it. Fortunately, I rebuilt the military in my first term, and continue to do so. The United States is stocked, and ready to WIN, BIG!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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      I was gonna say, “if there’s no supply problem then why did you stop sending arms to Ukraine” but he already answered that by saying he views Ukrainian defense as less important than the US’s war of aggression…

      Fortunately, I rebuilt the military in my first term

      …before Biden was even president and sent arms to Ukraine in the first place? …

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      So we have enough to last forever but not enough to also give some away. Got it.

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      This idiot doesn’t realize (or doesn’t care to mention) that this equipment has to be replaced somewhat regularly. If it isn’t used, it’s wasted. Sending it to Ukraine to weaken a potential rival is the best thing it could do (assuming you view Russia as a rival).

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    3 months ago

    I’m guessing about half of americans are really proud of their leader and his holy war. Hegseth called it Armageddon

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      “And I will beat the peace into you if needed. Well not me, but our fine, strong military with lots of big guns. We have all the guns. Some of the biggest, if not the biggest, guns I’ve ever seen. So many guns…… what was I talking about? ……Peace, I am the president of peace”. -Trump, probably

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    3 months ago

    Trump would have no idea about US arms stockpiles unless someone brought it to his attention. And nobody would bring it to his attention if they were “virtually unlimited”.

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      3 months ago

      China brought it to his attention when when China hit the off button on rare earth metals exports.

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    Don’t worry - no Americans will make any connections to 1984, because instead of reading the book in high school, most of them were eating paint chips.

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        This isn’t a crazy prediction. THIS ISNT A CRAZY PREDICTION!

        This fucking world just keeps getting worse.

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      Might as well, it honestly isn’t really a good example of a peaceful person for a long time now.

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    3 months ago

    Why is someone who is pathological obsessed with winning a Nobel peace prize also so giddy about starting wars?

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    The guy is a complete moron. He’s tanking the stock market with words like this. You’d think if there’s one thing he understands, it would be impact on business and markets. Nope.

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      It’s a scam. They did this a lot during his first reign.

      1) Plan something bat shit insane
      2) Short sell stocks
      3) Announce something bat shit insane
      4) Profit off of short sell
      5) Buy now lower stocks
      6) Retract insanity 
      7) Sell stocks
      8) Profit