The last traitor to steal from West Point was Benedict Arnold [R-PA]. His intent was to sabotage the fort, turn over to the British, and help then win the Revolutionary War. He failed. West Point became the US Military Academy, the institution that trains virtually all our important Army generals. Now, another Republican Traitor, Donald Trump, is stealing from West Point. That sabotages the military education of future Army Generals. Republicans may argue, that it’s only $160 million. but Benedict Trump is stealing $3.6 billion from and sabotaging our military everywhere.
The Pentagon plans to divert funds from military construction projects in nearly half the 50 states, three territories and 19 countries to the southwestern border wall as part of President Trump’s efforts to bypass Congress and redirect spending to his signature campaign promise.
Nearly every facet of military life, from a canceled dining center in Puerto Rico to a small arms firing range in Tulsa, Okla., to an elementary school in Wiesbaden, Germany, will be affected by the transfer of $3.6 billion in congressionally appropriated funds detailed by the Defense Department on Wednesday.
The cuts involve projects such as rifle ranges, aircraft simulators, hangars, port repairs and a cyberoperations center in Virginia, with the biggest impact in Puerto Rico, Guam, New York and New Mexico. In the case of Puerto Rico, the Defense Department plans to divert funds from projects targeted after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.
The $3.6 billion, taken from 127 projects across the globe, will go toward 11 projects in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, which include both new construction and some fencing replacement. The longest stretch of new pedestrian fencing — about 52 miles — is scheduled for Laredo, Tex., along the Rio Grande.
Reacting to the Pentagon’s announcement, Democrats assailed what they said was an assault on military readiness and lawmakers from both parties voiced discomfort with what they called an attempt by the White House to subvert their constitutional mandate to set government spending… [emphasis added]
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Here’s video coverage from MSNBC
Here’s the list of military projects to be cut (.pdf).
RESIST!!
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Good connections there, Tom! I’ll bet old Benedict’s motives were better than the bloated bamboozler’s.
Gawd, this makes me wanna cry at what he doing re: the defense budget. Thx for the PDF too.
Personally, I could give 2 flips about the wall, yet, he wants to save face to get ‘it up’, and like Ari said, these are ‘self serving concerns for dt about the ‘optics of defeat’.
This is horrible news, and as a Vet, I rigorously oppose, and condemn his actions in cutting back the defense budget for his project.
Disgusting, heartless and oh, so sad.
If there’s a petition to sign, re: this, send it my way, please!!
Sheesh. And they have the nerve to accuse Dan McReady (a USMC vet running in
VirginiaNorth Carolina) of being weak on the military and vets. Days like this I’m almost grateful that I have so much stuff it’s challenging to get close to a wall – because, if I could easily, I’d likely be beating my head against one.Did they leave an additional ten blank pages on that PDF to make additions? Or is some of it not loading?
RESIST AND PERSIST !!!
This just reinforces a lesson we long ago learned: With Trump, There Is No Bottom!
He will do anything to get what he views as his monument (“The Wall”) built – even if means compromising or sacrificing the well-being of our country.
Yup, No bottom!!!!!!!!
I’ll bet his handler, aka: Putin, is happy with the news.
What a heartless no good bas*ard.
He continues to go lower that low with what he’s doing with the military budget.
He has no right to be taking it away from them, yet his cronies don’t seem to care either.
He promised the people that he would make Mexico pay for his stinking wall. Again a flipping lie.
May he rot in he*l for his evil.
I probably get banned, i.e socially avoided like a leper, for this, but as a pacifist, this isn’t a cut I’m crying about.
Don’t get me wrong, Trump cuts the defence budget for ALL the wrong reasons and in ALL the wrong places, you don’t get an argument on that from me. But your military is far too strong, and so is China’s and Russia’s and Europe’s and…and the money spent on it should have gone/go towards closing the gap between the 1% and the rest of the world and averting climate change and not towards invading another country to increase dominions.
No one here is going to ban or shun you for pacifism, Lona, not even me, as a veteran. I’m with you all the way on the desired end. But the means are destructive in this case. I don’t think of the wars but of the soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen (-persons) who will get hurt in the process. Otherwise, I have no argument, nor do I want one. Your analysis is spot on.
I’m with JD on this, Lona. I fully agree that our military budget needs massive cuts, but those cuts must come from the military-industrial complex. The existence of world leaders like Putin and Trump prove the need for a strong military, used exclusively for defense of self, allies, and the helpless.
All to save face! Well his face ain’t worth saving!!!
Trump and Republicans are always going after Dems for politicising various issues, but they do it all the time. I am not saying that the Dems never do it, but those Republicans sure know how to project and deflect.
Shouldn’t this diversion of funds be classified as a campaign contribution seeing as the Dark Lord is using them to shore up his political future? . . . just saying . . .
Not only has tRump hit rock bottom, he has whipped out a jackhammer so he can dig even deeper. He is malevolent, incompetent, delusional and misguided. As the hoary cliche goes, he isn’t fit to be dog catcher. If we can’t impeach him, we can vote him out – and we MUST!
Thanks and exhausted TGIF hugs to all.
Yes. Lona, your heart, and mind are in the right place!
I too, agree w/what Mitch wrote (above).
Thank you, Lona for your comment from a different perspective!