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Buddyzbuddy

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6. Thank you. The increase isn't about the troops.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:20 AM
Wednesday

Stop with their talking point. This Administration sees the budget as their own piggy bank. Everything is a "NATIONAL EMERGENCY". The addition to the Whitehouse, the new helipad, the modifications to the Qatari plane, the repainting of the new planes, the makeup room at the Pentagon for Hegseth, the office for his personal lawyer whom he made an officer. The shortage of armaments, the no bid contracts for everything. The new toys for ICE, the Palintar? contract, the money to the Drone company that Uday Trump now owns part of, the jet flyover, the birthday parade, the helicopter flyover for Kid Rock, the jet ride for???Blanche???, the illegal undeclared war in Iran, transporting and maintenance costs to keep mobilized National Guard troops on the ready in "Enemy States" of these United States of America, etc.,etc.,etc..

So PLEASE, stop with the crap, it's for our troops. Republicans have shown us they don't give a damn about our troops.

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