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We can think of Hegseth's $200 billion supplemental military request for his Iran war as the cost to taxpayers of pulling out of the agreement on nuclear weapons negotiated by Obama
Don't worry, Trump said the U.S. knocked pout 100% of Iran's missile capabilities. Are you calling Trump a liar?
It's especially impressive since Trump told us that we had eliminated 100% of Iran's missiles
It's common for the media to refer to lithium as an essential mineral for batteries. This is Trumpian ignorance https://t.co/db4KuTm6Sk
No one told Rubio that the United States is blocking oil shipments to Cuba. Trump wants to keep in the dark on this.
As they said at the White House, "who could have imagined Iran would block the Straits of Hormuz?"
BLS always tries to publicize these changes well in advance. I don't follow BEA as closely, but I assumed they did the same.
Since Iran is in the process of surrendering, I guess there is no point in the UK, France, or anyone else making plans to escort ships through the Straihts of Hormuz
My quick measure of affordability, real spending at fast-food restaurants, is down 3% since September https://t.co/Ge3YaPH3PU
With Trump boasting about new factories everywhere, he would feel really stupid if he ever saw the data showing factory construction plummeting https://t.co/1T5VGrJqyn
Spending on healthcare services is up 7.9% year over year, far higher than the inflation rate reported in the CPI https://t.co/Mt0STaWkJz
We'll know the break has come when Vance stops trying to fill the big shoes.
Who knew that when Hegseth was talking about lethality he meant our planes crashing into each other?
I remember Elon Musk and DOGE lying their asses off and coming up completely empty on these absurd claims, don’t you?
Hanoi took over the whole country 3 years after the peace deal. So your point is that more bombing could give Trump cover for pulling out without losing face? Interesting idea....
