40 is the combined number of Juniper, Keeper and Bay class USCG vessels with icebreaking capability. I am sure he just saw the number on a sheet presented to him and regurgitated it with no rational thought process.
Perhaps. One thing I learned in 2020 is that the while President Trump was prone to get ahead of the policy process in his public statements, there was something behind the statements. July of 2020 was too late in the first term to make something happen (as those who opposed the initiatives just waited him out). This time, I get the feeling that something will be different.
As much as I like the idea of significantly improving our woeful capacity in this regard, 40 ships is going to put a big dent in the savings DOGE has dug up thus far. Hopefully there will be *some* consideration given to the fact that the country is 36 trillion dollars in debt.
When you've taken out a quadruple mortgage on the house, and run all the credit cards out to their stops, is not the time to go shopping for a fleet of fancy new cars. Not that anyone would *give* you or I the credit to do so in those circumstances, but you get what I'm saying.
Of course, a bunch of the money leaks that DOGE has found in just their first thirty days have been pretty dang bad. So maybe we'll end up able to afford it after all.
One can only hope ... any number from a couple up to and including 40 would be great.
40 is the combined number of Juniper, Keeper and Bay class USCG vessels with icebreaking capability. I am sure he just saw the number on a sheet presented to him and regurgitated it with no rational thought process.
Perhaps. One thing I learned in 2020 is that the while President Trump was prone to get ahead of the policy process in his public statements, there was something behind the statements. July of 2020 was too late in the first term to make something happen (as those who opposed the initiatives just waited him out). This time, I get the feeling that something will be different.
Please ignore our media.
…or don’t, but there’s more interesting ways of anxiety dopamine masochism and self harm.
As much as I like the idea of significantly improving our woeful capacity in this regard, 40 ships is going to put a big dent in the savings DOGE has dug up thus far. Hopefully there will be *some* consideration given to the fact that the country is 36 trillion dollars in debt.
When you've taken out a quadruple mortgage on the house, and run all the credit cards out to their stops, is not the time to go shopping for a fleet of fancy new cars. Not that anyone would *give* you or I the credit to do so in those circumstances, but you get what I'm saying.
Of course, a bunch of the money leaks that DOGE has found in just their first thirty days have been pretty dang bad. So maybe we'll end up able to afford it after all.
About the process… uh…
Process is Dickens Chancery Court meets USAID and IRS slush fund, process had a 329 year old eligible for social security.
Hundreds of eligible recipients over 300 years old.
Process is grift.
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No Executive is just rhetoric certainly not this one.
Just follow the leader.
Or in this case the client’s Chief Executive, Trump.