• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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      Better bet is if he lives for another full month. The idiot is circling death bed.

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    Error 451 Ray ID: 9765383f7a538cba • 2025-08-28 16:35:04 UTC Unavailable For Legal Reasons

    WOOOAH

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      And they STILL think this. And before Canadians get all smug, look at how popular Smith and Ford are and how Poilievre got elected by a landslide in AB. The more Doug grifts, the better he does in polls.

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        King Charles called and said stfu AB. true story. First Nations were there too and I think they were filling in the eviction notices

        Also AB conservatives won that same riding in the main election too. they are still short the riding pp lost in the first place.

        By the by he’s not regained the lead of the party…yet.

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    Setting aside my Trump hate for a moment: this is a good thing. “Department of Defense” was always a euphemism. “Defense spending” my ass. Let’s call it what it is and then see if Americans feel as good about spending so much on a “Department of War” versus “Defense.”

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      There’s a reason why after WWII the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense.

      We weren’t at war. We’re not currently at war, either. Chester’s gotta ask Congress to rubber-stamp a war first.

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        That’s some very antiquated and naive logic. NONE of these conflicts involved a formal declaration of war:

        Korean War

        Vietnam War

        Persian Gulf

        Afghanistan

        Iraq War

        So you’re going to tell me we weren’t at war for any of those? Bullshit. There’s been plenty of work for a Department of War in the US since WW2.

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      This isn’t a good thing because it’s not an effort to be more honest, it’s a signal of future intent.

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        The future intent is a bad thing. Signaling it clearly instead of euphemistically is arguably a good thing.

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      Do not underestimate this country’s propensity to proudly engage in jingoism. Just look at our history to see how that went.

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      Thinking like that its a good thing right up until the voters are actually stoked about a department of war.

      Guarantee it wont be long until youre seeing red hats going off about how cool it is they finally have a department of war as if its a whole new thing.

      “Remember how much ass we kicked with only a defense department? Look out world! MIGHTY TRUMP finally made a department of war too!”

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        I’m sure you’re right about a certain segment of people. I don’t think the euphemistic name is holding those people back from loving the military though.

        I do think it’s hard for Congress to sell the general public on “cuts to our defense” though, and cuts to the “Department of war” will be an easier sell.

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      Judaic heaven might actually be hell for him. Sparsely populated grassy knolls, have to walk everywhere, nothing to do but watch sheep and talk to people, and a bigger tyrant that would get pissed off if he starts trying to regain a following.

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    It’s the same reason Captain America beats people up with a shield.

    It’s hard to think of yourselves as as a saviour otherwise.

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    Is it bad that my thought was “well at least that’s more accurate”?

    My mind went to how “the department of defense” was Orwellian AF. I mean his reasoning is fucked don’t get me wrong.

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      It was the “War Department” from 1789 to 1947.

      And also the Department of the Navy was its own thing for a while, as was the Department of the Army, then Air Force, before getting folded into the War Department. Harry Truman dissolved the War Department in 1947 because 1) WWII was over and so the US was not in a declared war anymore, and 2) there was a larger consolidation of war powers under the SecDef post-war.

      If anything, name it the Department of Violence and Death and see how people react.

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        You can tell he’s never read 1984, he’d definitely want more ironically named government departments if he had

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          I mean, “Truth Social” has all the irony of the Ministry of Truth, though I assume if it was named for that reason it wasn’t thought up by him.

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      Yeah, in this rare instance, I agree with Uncle Donny. The US hasnt fought a war for peace or defense in over 75 years. Might as well change the name to more accurately depict its purpose. He is still a moron though…

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    “we want offense too”
    The obese imbecile being alive is offensive. The fact that it breathes is offensive.
    And the fact that it’s not strapped to a guillotine that’s got a blunt rusty blade is fucking offensive!