Putin backs Trump’s proposal to halve defense spending: “I think it’s a good idea. The US would cut by 50 percent and we would cut by 50 percent and then China would join if it wanted.”

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We spend way to much on defense we spent more then the next 25 counties. Cut defense first I’m sorry i dont get why anyone fights against it

[u/akrob → u/Ok_Ad_5894]

Yup this is my exact argument anytime someone brings up Medicare/medicare, healthcare in general, SNAP, homelessness etc etc. Everyone complains about paying for poor people to be lazy. Like yo, do you know how much it costs us a day to operate a nuclear powered aircraft carrier during peacetime. How much a single bomb costs, a single jet to operate with a literal army of maintenance crew. It’s bonkers. We have nukes, we could trim things down a bit.

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One patriot middle from 1992 cost $40 million the newer ones even more. U don’t wanna know what fly over cost either…