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Walleye

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8. Kegsbreath called our defense spending "investment"

Reply to kerouac2 (Reply #5)

Thu May 7, 2026, 08:24 AM

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But any money to help the American people such as healthcare or food assistance, it is always referred to as “spending“ and we know how big tough important daddies hates spending

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'Wow!' Trump Posts Chart Boasting That His War Against Iran Has So Far Been Shorter Than WWII, Vietnam [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

shithole's lackeys are up with him doing his bidding's.................. Lovie777 Yesterday #1

That's "excursion" to you. I want to see the "excursion" chart. Vinca Yesterday #2

I think he meant incursion, but he said excursion so he can't back off of course. What a moron. Walleye Yesterday #6

More expensive. Turbineguy Yesterday #3

Wars and Incursion chart. Did they do an apples and oranges chart too? dem4decades Yesterday #4

So they're renaming the Pentagon again. Now it's the Department of Incursions? TheRickles 23 hrs ago #22

Graphs are fun... Here he is winning the spending competiton kerouac2 Yesterday #5

Kegsbreath called our defense spending "investment" Walleye Yesterday #8

Need to get you and progree together BumRushDaShow Yesterday #9

Same administration also claims the Iran war has been going on for 10 months thesquanderer Yesterday #7

And wasn't part of the rationale lonely bird Yesterday #11

The stupid burns like a thousand suns. enigmania Yesterday #10

I thought they said this war has been going on since 1979 when Iranians took the hostages. Ray Bruns Yesterday #12

A lot longer than the Bay of Pigs, though, which seems the more comparable "excursion" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #13

It's wild that Trump has cathected on this moronic argument Prairie Gates Yesterday #14

He has lost his mind PatSeg Yesterday #15

trump's number one! trump's number one! Bayard Yesterday #16

The entire country is subjected to the Ludovico Technique .................by a narcissistic psychopaths........ turbinetree Yesterday #17

It's so stupid it would be funny if it weren't damaging and killing so many people all over the world. Martin68 Yesterday #18

And the world-ending nuclear war will last about 30 minutes.... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #19

Also shorter than the Hundred Years War. (nt) Pinback Yesterday #20

Yes, but doesn't the idiot know those wars are over? NNadir 23 hrs ago #21

Trump's Iran war has been going on longer than 6 weeks he has just claimed. Botany 22 hrs ago #23

Oh, my... the unequal capitalist empire is falling fast. Justice matters. 22 hrs ago #24

LOL popsdenver 22 hrs ago #25

Six Whip-poor-will 22 hrs ago #26

Not as short as his temper. xuplate 21 hrs ago #27

or his thang twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #28

It's not the length of his war C_U_L8R 21 hrs ago #29

Peace prize material for sure IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #30

It's all a joke to him, just an excuse to troll on SM. maxsolomon 18 hrs ago #31

And like many wars on the list lakercub 11 hrs ago #32

He is completely demented and our useless Congress does nothing. travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #33