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Trump and Hegseth unveil $175 billion plans for Golden Dome missile shield (www.axios.com)
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[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Willing to bet he's straight up lying about Canada being interested in this.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Let's be real, the only country threatening Canada is the US

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 hours ago

You know what else keeps us safe from missiles and is cheaper than $175 billion? Diplomacy. (No fucking way it will ever be this cheap, btw.)

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Those Canadian fentanyl barrels won’t stand a chance

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago

I can't stop laughing

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 points 9 hours ago

Which of course goes great with his $5T tax cut wish list paid by trashing Medicaid and other public good works...

https://lemmy.socdojo.com/post/2172252

Are there any limits to this guy looking to emulate every military dictator in history while screwing the people, a sizable chunk being those who put him in power?