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Youngest US soldier killed by Iran strike was Eagle Scout who helped homeless youth (nypost.com)
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[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This might be a hot take, but the US military was shit long before Trump.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Really nothing Trump is doing is new to the US. He just gave up any pretense of it being for good or to help anyone. Also he's even more inept at implementing anything so the outcome is worse even quicker than in the past.