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global1

(25,237 posts)
1. I've Always Wondered About Trump's Claims That He Has Improved Our Military.......
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 12:28 PM
Sep 2019

what is the real story behind his claims or are they just hot air and lies?

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
13. They showed him a picture of an empty hanger...
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 10:35 PM
Sep 2019

...and explained how it was a full wing of invisible fighter jets.

Doodley

(9,076 posts)
4. And billions of dollars are pouring in because of the tariffs, and that's paying farm subsidies.
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 12:35 PM
Sep 2019

He doesn't mention the American people are paying.

Backseat Driver

(4,385 posts)
7. He was a mere child when the Rosies of this country made sure the military
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 12:44 PM
Sep 2019

had all it needed, but his party's agenda would despise the working role as well as the sacrifice of war rationing in the home, across the spectrum of goods/services for those that did take advantage of the "opportunities" outside the home

https://www.history.com/news/rosie-the-riveter-inspiration

HE's still a child!



maxsolomon

(33,265 posts)
11. If only.
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 09:58 PM
Sep 2019

cut the DoD by 1/3: deficit and debt solved, and we still have the best funded military on the planet by a factor of 5.

no politician has the ovaries to say it out loud.

Liberal In Texas

(13,540 posts)
14. He says all the time that this or that was horrible before he took the oath
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 11:09 PM
Sep 2019

and now, magically, everything is so much better.

Like we have the cleanest air and water, even though he's gutting the EPA regs and encouraging the use of more fossil fuels.
We're now the top producer of energy under him, when in fact it was under Obama.
El Paso had extremely high rates of crime before his border wall (barrier actually) when in fact El Paso has been one of the safest cities in the US.
He was somehow responsible for getting the Veterans Choice bill passed when it was actually passed under Obama in 2014
Black home ownership is the highest it's ever been. Fact: black homeownership peaked in 2004 at 49.1 percent. It has fallen incrementally almost every year since. In fact, the rate is now about one-sixth lower than it was at its peak.
I could go on, but you know.

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