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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

11 hrs ago

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 12 hrs ago OP

shithole's lackeys are up with him doing his bidding's.................. Lovie777 12 hrs ago #1

That's "excursion" to you. I want to see the "excursion" chart. Vinca 12 hrs ago #2

I think he meant incursion, but he said excursion so he can't back off of course. What a moron. Walleye 11 hrs ago #6

More expensive. Turbineguy 12 hrs ago #3

Wars and Incursion chart. Did they do an apples and oranges chart too? dem4decades 11 hrs ago #4

So they're renaming the Pentagon again. Now it's the Department of Incursions? TheRickles 7 hrs ago #22

Graphs are fun... Here he is winning the spending competiton kerouac2 11 hrs ago #5

Kegsbreath called our defense spending "investment" Walleye 11 hrs ago #8

Need to get you and progree together BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #9

Same administration also claims the Iran war has been going on for 10 months thesquanderer 11 hrs ago #7

And wasn't part of the rationale lonely bird 10 hrs ago #11

The stupid burns like a thousand suns. enigmania 10 hrs ago #10

I thought they said this war has been going on since 1979 when Iranians took the hostages. Ray Bruns 10 hrs ago #12

A lot longer than the Bay of Pigs, though, which seems the more comparable "excursion" muriel_volestrangler 10 hrs ago #13

It's wild that Trump has cathected on this moronic argument Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #14

He has lost his mind PatSeg 10 hrs ago #15

trump's number one! trump's number one! Bayard 10 hrs ago #16

The entire country is subjected to the Ludovico Technique .................by a narcissistic psychopaths........ turbinetree 10 hrs ago #17

It's so stupid it would be funny if it weren't damaging and killing so many people all over the world. Martin68 9 hrs ago #18

And the world-ending nuclear war will last about 30 minutes.... Ol Janx Spirit 8 hrs ago #19

Also shorter than the Hundred Years War. (nt) Pinback 8 hrs ago #20

Yes, but doesn't the idiot know those wars are over? NNadir 7 hrs ago #21

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

Oh, my... the unequal capitalist empire is falling fast. Justice matters. 6 hrs ago #24

LOL popsdenver 6 hrs ago #25

Six Whip-poor-will 5 hrs ago #26

Not as short as his temper. xuplate 4 hrs ago #27

or his thang twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #28

It's not the length of his war C_U_L8R 4 hrs ago #29

Peace prize material for sure IronLionZion 2 hrs ago #30

It's all a joke to him, just an excuse to troll on SM. maxsolomon 2 hrs ago #31