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Yet America elected a president who doesn't want to cut a cent of defence spending, just redirect it to his mates.
by ta1243 1y ago
Yet America elected a president who doesn't want to cut a cent of defence spending, just redirect it to his mates.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoWe'll see. "Trump wants U.S., China and Russia to cut military spending in half" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-china-russia-military-spending https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-china-russia-military...
- ta1243 1y agoYet he is unwilling to cut a single cent, indeed there's a 13% increase for defense spending https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-proposes-1-trillion-defense-budget-2026/ https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-proposes-1-trillion-...
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoWell hopefully he at least pulls out of NATO to give subsequent presidents room to decrease spending.
- ta1243 1y agoPulling out of nato will reduce revenue to US defence manufacturers, so I'd expect defense spending to increase even further thanks to the industrial-military complex
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoI don't think that's quite how it works.