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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

They'll take any extra taxes gained and put it into the military budget

Trump is actually trying to cut the military budget too. Which is actually problematic because we have a lot of equipment (particularly aircraft) that is aging out and we already can't develop and/or manufacture replacements fast enough

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 3 points 6 hours ago

Even if he did, which I really doubt since nobody ever does, I'm pretty sure they could find a way to rearrange some spending in that, what is it 800-900 Billion now?

[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I wonder what Project 2025 has to say about that