ZOMG! Trump is Killing the U.S. Defense Industry
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 11:30 last edited by Axtremus
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/04/trump-zelensky-vance-ukraine-defense-arms/
How Trump Is Killing the U.S. Defense Industry
It turns out that abandoning allies and tossing out security guarantees is bad for business. -
wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 13:32 last edited by
Yup, when people complain that we are "giving" Ukraine billions of dollars, it is not so simple.
It is not as if there are pallets of money being flown to Ukraine.
It is money going to a bullet maker in Pennsylvania and then teh bullets go to Ukraine.
etc.
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 13:36 last edited by
The government needs to be less a driver of American commerce.
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 13:45 last edited by
@Mik said in ZOMG! Trump is Killing the U.S. Defense Industry:
The government needs to be less a driver of American commerce.
Without the US government, I think many defense companies in the US would go out of business
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 15:06 last edited by
Perhaps, but there's a dependency there that needs to be less.
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 15:31 last edited by
Eisenhower was right
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 15:40 last edited by
Sounds great if we can actually reduce the defense budget.
Are there any “strategic industry” concerns on this one?
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 19:24 last edited by
@Mik said in ZOMG! Trump is Killing the U.S. Defense Industry:
The government needs to be less a driver of American commerce.
Seems like defense would be the exception. You want them selling to ISIS and the cartels?