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Trump and Hegseth unveil $175 billion plans for Golden Dome missile shield (www.axios.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 35 minutes ago

Announced via Signal?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Willing to bet he's straight up lying about Canada being interested in this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Let's be real, the only country threatening Canada is the US

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

You know what else keeps us safe from missiles and is cheaper than $175 billion? Diplomacy. (No fucking way it will ever be this cheap, btw.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Those Canadian fentanyl barrels won’t stand a chance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

I can't stop laughing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Which of course goes great with his $5T tax cut wish list paid by trashing Medicaid and other public good works...

https://lemmy.socdojo.com/post/2172252

Are there any limits to this guy looking to emulate every military dictator in history while screwing the people, a sizable chunk being those who put him in power?