Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations against Iran.
In a brief exchange with reporters before flying to New York for an event to highlight falling violent crime rates across the U.S., Trump refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment’s length and even said that the deployment — which includes a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days — is “not nearly long enough.”
A fair point!
Maybe I was thinking more…“Democratic Socialism” or y’know like the hybrid Nordic models?
Although now that you mention it…I think things could go very badly if soldiers were also their own equipment manufacturers. Worse than it already is? I dunno.
Then again…how many servicepeople do you think hold significant stonks shares in the government contractors that equip them? That’s a weird relationship…
But I’m flustered that a stupid-cyberpunk scenario is frighteningly possible, where corporations like Thiels’ Tolkien-ripoff companies can openly field their own private troops. 😬