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We spend Elon Musk’s entire net worth accumulated over a lifetime on the US military every 75 days or so. We’re literally torching two billion dollars a day on

by sneak 2y ago

We spend Elon Musk’s entire net worth accumulated over a lifetime on the US military every 75 days or so. We’re literally torching two billion dollars a day on the military when we’re not at war and not under threat.

paulryanrogers 2y ago
Executive orders were meant for national emergencies. Apparently we're under threat from everyone from whom we have a trade imbalance, even islands with no humans on them! (And it's not like partisans are locking up Congress to spite him.)
- exe34 2y ago
  and an even greater threat was from whatever's in people's underwear - that was covered early on [0]. [0] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defe...
- _DeadFred_ 2y ago
  We are literally two days away from Trumpers hating penguins because Trumps people are such amateurs they put tariffs on these islands and now the cult has to defend it.
- chris_wot 2y ago
  You guys are under threat - from your President.
rgbrenner 2y ago
that puts musks net worth at 150b. you might want to update your numbers.
smt88 2y ago
> We’re literally torching two billion dollars a day on the military when we’re not at war and not under threat. We were in a (physical) proxy war with Russia via Ukraine until very recently, and we are currently in a digital war against Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and probably other nation-states. Should this be under the purview of the actual military? I don't know, although that arrangement is effective for Israel's cybersecurity command. Regardless, there is an active need for defense spending now, just not the way we've been spending it.
- leptons 2y ago
  >and we are currently in a digital war against Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and probably other nation-states. Not according to this administration - they recently ended "cyber operations" against Russia: https://apnews.com/article/cyber-command-russia-putin-trump-hegseth-c46ef1396e3980071cab81c27e0c0236 https://apnews.com/article/cyber-command-russia-putin-trump-... So, we're basically going to just let Russia do whatever they want.
mmooss 2y ago
> We’re literally torching two billion dollars a day on the military when we’re not at war and not under threat. Would you just start spending when the war starts? Then you'll get a war much sooner (the enemy will see your weakness) but you'll save money (the war will end quickly). > not under threat China, most of all? Russia? Iran?
- sneak 2y ago
  None of those countries want a war with the US.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    That doesn't mean they don't want things that may lead to war, and may want them badly enough to risk war, such as Taiwan or parts of Europe. If the US is weaker militarily, the risk is less and they are more likely to take it.

by sneak 2y ago

paulryanrogers 2y ago

Executive orders were meant for national emergencies. Apparently we're under threat from everyone from whom we have a trade imbalance, even islands with no humans on them! (And it's not like partisans are locking up Congress to spite him.)

exe34 2y ago
and an even greater threat was from whatever's in people's underwear - that was covered early on [0]. [0] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defe...
_DeadFred_ 2y ago
We are literally two days away from Trumpers hating penguins because Trumps people are such amateurs they put tariffs on these islands and now the cult has to defend it.
chris_wot 2y ago
You guys are under threat - from your President.

rgbrenner 2y ago

that puts musks net worth at 150b. you might want to update your numbers.

smt88 2y ago

> We’re literally torching two billion dollars a day on the military when we’re not at war and not under threat. We were in a (physical) proxy war with Russia via Ukraine until very recently, and we are currently in a digital war against Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and probably other nation-states. Should this be under the purview of the actual military? I don't know, although that arrangement is effective for Israel's cybersecurity command. Regardless, there is an active need for defense spending now, just not the way we've been spending it.

leptons 2y ago
>and we are currently in a digital war against Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and probably other nation-states. Not according to this administration - they recently ended "cyber operations" against Russia: https://apnews.com/article/cyber-command-russia-putin-trump-hegseth-c46ef1396e3980071cab81c27e0c0236 https://apnews.com/article/cyber-command-russia-putin-trump-... So, we're basically going to just let Russia do whatever they want.

mmooss 2y ago

> We’re literally torching two billion dollars a day on the military when we’re not at war and not under threat. Would you just start spending when the war starts? Then you'll get a war much sooner (the enemy will see your weakness) but you'll save money (the war will end quickly). > not under threat China, most of all? Russia? Iran?

sneak 2y ago
None of those countries want a war with the US.
- mmooss 2y ago
  That doesn't mean they don't want things that may lead to war, and may want them badly enough to risk war, such as Taiwan or parts of Europe. If the US is weaker militarily, the risk is less and they are more likely to take it.