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Ilsa

(64,026 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:42 PM Oct 2025

ICE Stockpiling Warheads & Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike
ByTom Latchem
Oct 22, 2025 1:45 pm EDT

The number of weapons bought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly surged 700 percent under President Donald Trump—and even includes chemical agents and warheads.

Federal purchasing logs show ICE spent $71,515,762 on “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories,” including military supplies, weapons, and ammunition, in the nine months between Jan. 20 and Oct. 18.

This is up from $9,715,843 over the same period in 2024, according to an analysis by Popular Information.This Sept. 29 alone, $9,098,590 was spent with rifle-maker Geissele Automatics.

Popular Information says most of the spending was on armor and guns, but there were also “significant purchases of chemical weapons and ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’” snip

This was an article from The Daily Beast that popped up in Samsung News.

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ICE Stockpiling Warheads & Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike (Original Post) Ilsa Oct 2025 OP
These incompetents will blow themselves up lame54 Oct 2025 #1
Sounds to me like they're planning on B.See Oct 2025 #8
Big puke donors make all that assault gear. pwb Oct 2025 #2
The DOJ is going to be busy in 2029 Bluestocking Oct 2025 #3
Read here last week Traildogbob Oct 2025 #4
While they're at it they could give them a nuke or two. Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #5
I, for one, find it impossible to believe markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #6
I hope none of them try to take any of it Ilsa Oct 2025 #7

Traildogbob

(12,726 posts)
4. Read here last week
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:58 PM
Oct 2025

The ICE weapons budget was raised 700 percent.
Do the original ICE, prior to Trump, get the same $80,000 raise and bonuses?
While Military enlisted personal get food stamps.
Asking for a Failing Nation.

markodochartaigh

(5,236 posts)
6. I, for one, find it impossible to believe
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:07 PM
Oct 2025

that any of that ordnance would find its way into the hands of the un-well regulated militia groups allied with maga.

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