Donald Trump Could Be the Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare

[Tom Joad]

This was written back in March.

It describes another reason why I am absolutely stoked about Trump's win over Hillary Clinton.


http://billmoyers.com/story/donald-t...rst-nightmare/

Trump wants to get the United States out of fighting other people’s wars. He thinks maybe NATO has outlived its usefulness. He asks why Americans are still paying for South Korea’s national defense. Or Germany’s or Saudi Arabia’s.

“I do think it’s a different world today and I don’t think we should be nation-building anymore,” Trump said. “I think it’s proven not to work. And we have a different country than we did then. You know we have $19 trillion in debt. We’re sitting probably on a bubble, and, you know, it’s a bubble that if it breaks is going to be very nasty. And I just think we have to rebuild our country.”

Will anybody give him an amen? Yes, lots of folks. People who read The Nation (myself included) have been saying something similar for a long time. So have libertarian Republicans on the right. But this sort of thinking is mega-heresy among the political establishment of both parties. The foreign-policy operators consider themselves in charge of the “indispensable nation.”

This new Trump talk is definitely career-threatening for the military-industrial complex. It was particularly playful of Trump to choose The Washington Post as the place to drop his bomb; after all, it’s the Post that has made itself such a righteous preacher for endless war-making.

[icenine]

Are you not worried that your wife's Medicare might be privatized by Ryan? Your wife might have to wait for her Medicare coupons in the mail.

You need to wake up. If Trump would rip off TU students he will rip-off you. He is a liar.

I think Ryan will try to privatize Medicare while turning a blind eye to Trump's corruption in a dance to ruin the middle class.

[finnbow]

Yet, der Trumpenfuhrer has spoken in favor of large increases in DoD spending.

[donquixote99]

Trump will make drastic cuts. Defense contractors will be forced to take huge loses on almost every program.

You'll see. They will take loss after loss, yet somehow they will make billions. Capitalistic methods!

[icenine]

You are gonna win bigly (or big league) with GREAT deals made by Trump and Ryan on Medicare Joad.

Ryan: P*ssy Grabber can you sign this bill gutting Medicare?
Trump: Yes as long as you don't impeach me Paul. I am making millions with my foreign interests.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by icenine

Are you not worried that your wife's Medicare might be privatized by Ryan? Your wife might have to wait for her Medicare coupons in the mail.

You need to wake up. If Trump would rip off TU students he will rip-off you. He is a liar.

I think Ryan will try to privatize Medicare while turning a blind eye to Trump's corruption in a dance to ruin the middle class.

You and your kind have been under estimating Trump ever since the beginning.

And not just by a little.

By a lot.

At some point even you are going to get tired of being constantly humiliated by how wrong you are and come out of your state of denial.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

You and your kind have been under estimating Trump ever since the beginning.

And not just by a little.

By a lot.

At some point even you are going to get tired of being constantly humiliated by how wrong you are and come out of your state of denial.

I get the gloating. Congratulations. Ryan and Trump are not going to hurt the elites, as you love calling everyone else who disagrees with your worship of Trump. He is going after you.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by icenine

I get the gloating. Congratulations. Ryan and Trump are not going to hurt the elites, as you love calling everyone else who disagrees with your worship of Trump. He is going after you.

You really NEED that to be true don't you Ice?

You desperately need some kind of win to break the long long losing streak you're on.

[donquixote99]

So far Trump is living up to my expectations perfectly:

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

You really NEED that to be true don't you Ice?

You desperately need some kind of win to break the long long losing streak you're on.

I think you have lost but just don't know it yet. I am sure you will start posting about how great Ryan is when he takes away Medicare as we know it. You are sort of like Trump still patting himself on his back about a done election. No one will care soon.