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Rubio Ironically Says Iran Should Spend Money on Its People, Not on the Military (truthout.org)

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio lectured Iran in interviews this week, saying that the country should be spending money on supporting its people rather than on weapons and militaristic causes — an ironic statement coming from an administration that has gutted the U.S.’s social safety net while requesting a record-shattering Pentagon budget. “Imagine an Iran that, instead of spending their…

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[–] ImInLoveWithLife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't he unironically say this? Like he said it without a hint of irony?

[–] scibra122@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I think the more legible version of this sentence is "Ironically, Rubio Says...", but I'm sure that breaks rules of headline construction. Maybe "Ironic: Rubio Says..." Would work for some subset of headline editorial styles

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

So close....