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President Trump thinks that a decision Joe Biden made two years ago is the reason for the U.S. munitions shortage—not his costly and unpopular war on Iran.

“They talk about munitions—and we’re fine with munitions, we’re fine. But the reason it would be lower—and we’re building them like crazy—but the reason it’s low is [Joe Biden] gave three hundred billion dollars worth to Ukraine,” Trump said on the Real America’s Voice network Tuesday morning.

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[–] noahm@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago

Well, had the Biden Justice Dept actually done their fucking job, Trump would be in prison right now and our munitions stockpiles would be where they should be. So sure, Biden should shoulder some of the blame.

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 hours ago

The only thing to go after Biden for is not throwing this MF in Gitmo.

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

He’s talking to his idiots. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks because he got more votes.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 23 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

In tomorrow's news, Trump discovers that someone has shat his pants, blames Biden.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Bullshit. LIES. Fake news.
We all know that Obama is the one who shits the fat orange paedos pants, and not Joe "Let's take the slowest possible way to prosecute the orange Fatboy" Biden.

[–] djsiete@sh.itjust.works -4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine that the supposedly great america has no one better in charge than this absolute idiot. But then again -- he is an accurate reflection of you. And yes -- even you, yank reader thinking of responding to me to claim that not all yanks are like trump.

[–] CriticalThought@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And which country’s leader is an accurate reflection of you?

[–] djsiete@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 hours ago

Not Trump. Butthurt yank

[–] PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au 15 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

How dare Barack Obama do this.

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Barack HUSSEIN Obama

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Thanks Obama

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They should arrest clinton for this outrage.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Only after Carter gets indicted.

Yeah.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The real enabler here is JFK. Someone should do something about him...

Death to Roosevelt! How dare he use all those munitions!

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 89 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit, he looks 3 minutes away from death in that picture. I admit I haven't seen the most recent pictures of him, but I don't recall him looking this haggard.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 12 points 10 hours ago

It's an old photoshop though.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 65 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

This seems to be a Trump problem, but it's really not. Trump is the undisputed standard bearer for all Republicans - each and every one of them fully supports his insanity and allows it to continue. They know they've put a literal child rapist in charge and have done nothing but protect him and everyone else in the Epstein files.

Trump's image should replace the elephant as the mascot of the GOP.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 20 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Conservatives value in-group solidarity more than almost anything else. That's like their defining characteristic.

Incidentally, that's almost always characteristic of a bad person. The antithesis of "love your neighbor", for example.

[–] mHtt@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It's literally the definition of facism. It's what a fasces is, a group of sticks.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's also why they're winning, we have no solidarity on our side

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Your comment reminded me of a book a read a long time ago about the psychology of politics. There was a whole chapter about how Republicans find I easier to all agree with each other.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Better yet put his face on the elephant, hits on many levels

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Why would you want him to look skinnier, more in shape, more attractive? ;-)

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Truly elephants are the perfect elephant shape and it's not their fault those slimeballs stole their image. The GOP should just use one of the pictures Epstein took of Trump on hands and knees sucking Putin's dick while Bubba rails him from behind.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 59 points 16 hours ago

Why did Joe Biden shit my pants?

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 17 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Are you sure it's not Obama's fault?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"How did Obama the Kenyan Usurper use up all our missiles like that?"

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

He was hiding them all in his tan suit.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago

Might be FDR

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 22 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

So just to recap, no one will negotiate with him and he's run out of sticks, so having increased the price of everything everywhere in the world that's just how things are now.

Well done Americans.

[–] atlasraven@sh.itjust.works 11 points 14 hours ago

Best thing you can do is toss our diplomats out and stop trading with us. Don't even talk about our wannabe dictator.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeehaw! You smelling that freedom yet?

.... is what I'd say if I were one of our resident morons.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Ah luv the smell of freedumb in the mernin.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Making sure I have enough missiles seems to be the kind of thing I would take care of before launching a war against military superpower but what do I know

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He's always had a low missile count and an undersized launcher.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Hmm. People have described it as mushroom-like, and what to nukes cause? You may be on to something.

I don't want it, mind, you can keep it, but still. heh

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Well he did think he could roll through Iran in a weekend sooooo

Remember his party spent all their time making sure nothing was ever sent... So every member of their party knows he's lying.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Wish we could fire our stockpile of worthless fucking morons instead...

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

There’s plenty to go around

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 11 hours ago

Of course he does. Ya ever seen him take accountability for anything at all?

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

nono, for the sake of discussion, sure, man, Biden gave away munitions.

Okay. So.

Why the fuck didn't you replenish them in all the time you've been in office? Hmm?

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Gotta keep those defense magnates happy. They haven't had anything since the Cold Warnukes, silos and missles to keep their blood going.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"Costly and unpopular" doesn't begin to describe the mess he made over there.

Pulled out of Afghanistan, found the second stage reverse castle boss of 'graveyard of empires'

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 3 points 15 hours ago

Dozy Donnie says what, now?