noumenon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump calls for record $1.5 trillion defense budget, a 50 percent jumpwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10
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minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up63·2 days agoHe’s going all in this year. He has to. The Files and midterms are going to be bad for him, he has to keep the pace of escalation.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoCreate war just to get re-elected. Yeah, not an original thought I fear.
minus-squaresimsalabim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoCorrection: Create war so you don’t need to have elections.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThat isn’t a thing in all countries, not sure about the US rn. Esp. if the war is overseas. But it’s a well-known statistical fact that wartime presidents have a much higher chance of getting re-elected.
minus-squarecheesybuddha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWe had elections during the Civil War. Cancelling elections is 100% anti-American in every way shape and form
He’s going all in this year.
He has to. The Files and midterms are going to be bad for him, he has to keep the pace of escalation.
Create war just to get re-elected. Yeah, not an original thought I fear.
Correction: Create war so you don’t need to have elections.
Civil War you mean?
That isn’t a thing in all countries, not sure about the US rn. Esp. if the war is overseas. But it’s a well-known statistical fact that wartime presidents have a much higher chance of getting re-elected.
We had elections during the Civil War.
Cancelling elections is 100% anti-American in every way shape and form