KEY POINTS
- Defense stocks dropped sharply Thursday afternoon after President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. could massively cut defense spending.
- Trump has sent mixed messages on military spending throughout his 2024 campaign and in the early days of his presidency.
If he actually halves Pentagon Spending, that would be… the first good deed he’s ever done.
He never will. He sent a message for weapon manufacturer CEOs to chip in, and off course they will gladlyl buy him just like how silicon techies did
Exactly, this is just fishing for a bribe, just like the tariffs. Bribe Trump enough and your program or industry will get a loop hole or passed over for 6 months or whatever.
I can see him doing away with seasonal clock shifts by accident at some point.
They’re going to 25 him if he goes close to do it.
Oh no, that would be a tragedy…/s
More than this, the idea that the US will reduce defense spending at the same time as others are increasing it is laughable. The whole “NATO has to start pulling it’s weight” thing will result in US military power diminishing vs the rest of the world and will result in more US military spending in the long term, not less.
it’s almost as if an enemy agent is in the big chair
And another enemy agent is working right alongside him, hollowing out entire departments and agencies.
HAHAHAHAHHAHA
This fuckin timeline, man…
Good time to buy then. He already pledged to increase funding to Israel. Just need to research what company supplies the most weapons for them and invest there.
Realistically speaking… Is anything gonna happen?
Fuckers are just gonna invest as always, capitalism knows no morals.
I don’t like it when I agree with the general notion of something Trump says or does. Makes me feel dirty.
Wait until you see how i gets halved. Im willing to bet they axe the VA, any scholastic programs, ROTC et al as most policies are about destroying America.
Broken clocks. If its any consolation he could be, variously-
- Floating random shit. Common Trump talk.
- Actually wanting to weaken the U.S. militarily, to the benefit of his leash holders.
- Fishing for bribes.
Thats the magic of trump though, when he’s vague about things he can sometimes spin them as something agreeable. My guess is he’ll keep the regime change bullshit and nix stuff like burn pit procedures, ukraine support, and veterans benefits
There was a post just a day or so ago that was basically saying it was time to buy Raytheon:D
Please keep fucking with the defense contractors, surely they won’t take any drastic measures against you
In case y’all forgot Trump’s last term, his general pattern is to constantly announce insane plans and only follow through on a fraction of them. Cutting the pentagon’s budget in half is one of the distractions. Some General will dandy himself up in his class A and jingle some blueprints for a useless wunderwaffe and the defense budget will go up.
“I am going to take over the world”
“And they will pay for it”
-Some idiot apparently
Well, couldn’t the M1 Abrams be replaced with cheaper Tesla cybertrucks?
“Sir, half of our swastitanks have burned to the ground.”
“Who attacked them?”
“Attacked?”
It just rained sir.
If Trump fucks with the rich folks - those who have their hands in the pocket of our tax dollars - we’ll be talking about President Vance next week.
Muskrat being involved in this at all is an actual violation of his SGE title. Not that laws are real anymore, but, big ones would be broken.
Whelp, he’s toast. The last Prez to threaten that got domed while visiting Texas.
Bush threatened that. Then 9/11 happened.
Literally was listening to NPR on the way to work that day and Rumsfield was on talking about making cuts to the military.
Here’s hoping 🤞
Spot on. Johnson got the message and the 12 years were spent in SE Asia. In this case, the AI sector, especially Palantir Technologies, will be just as pissed off.
Came in to say the exact same thing.
Yes please cut defense spending in half.
Twice.
So… a quarter of the original left?
Yeah then do it again!
Do it infinite times!
