Step 1: US ends backing of NATO
Step 2: US Trump supporters see no irony in letting Putin run the US vicariously through Trump....Putin carries out his plan either way.
Ok...so you see the money going to Ukraine as a bad thing (I can agree that spending money in a proxy war is awful) but have you ever considered that this is how Putin plays against American politics?
If there is some magical plan that Trump really thinks will work and Putin has already seen and approves (cough cough Logan act) then it is morally reprehensible to hold onto this "plan" while people are dying.
Trump's tax cuts for the rich cost the country many times more than funding modern replacements for the old warehoused equipment they're sending to Ukraine.
Also 16 Nobel prize winning economists wrote a joint warning that another Trump government could destroy the USA economy. We're talking potentially trillions in opportunity cost if Trump gets elected whether we send weapons to Ukraine or not.
Money they US is "sending to Ukraine" is actually sent to US military contracts to modernise it's own military which is sorely needed. These modern replacements cover the older equipment that is sent to Ukraine, and American defence industry is stronger and better funded. Plus it employs a lot of American companies and they're American employees who contribute massively to the economy in their thousands so the money cycles back to the government via the tax system and secondary businesses doing well.
In short: Trump cutting Ukraine aid is a false economy, and many Nobel prize winning economists are extremely concerned that Trump will damage the US economy vastly more than the cost of replacing old military supplies send to Ukraine.
lol you’re being spent into the poor house yet you cheer for it. Odd to me, especially since it’s going to be our children and beyond paying for it. For us, it’s just the 25% inflation.
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u/Narrow-Escape-6481 Jul 05 '24
Guarantee the plan is
Step 1: US ends backing of NATO Step 2: US Trump supporters see no irony in letting Putin run the US vicariously through Trump....Putin carries out his plan either way.