Our President understands big concepts, conflates details that don't matter to 'the deal'. It's just his way. There are BIG differences in a system to defeat intercontinental ballistic missiles compared with a system to defeat much slower medium ans short range missiles. So when Trump conflates the good Israeli 'iron dome' system with a necessarily much different and more capable intercontinental Anti-Ballistic Missile defense I get his meaning even as I cringe on the details.
It won't matter as our defensive system is sorted out, what matters is, Trump accepts reality. Treaties with the CCP are futile, surprises are inevitable. A real defensive system is prudent. Treaties with non-existent parties (the Soviet Union) are void.
Similarly, details about what next generation plane Deep State and the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) wants to bankrupt the country with are hardly in concrete. Trump has more hours in jets (he owns) than the Generals and Admirals and appreciates the safety margin more than one engine affords. That's his point. The Deep State/Military Industrial Complex press merely presents the foolish, persistent contempt for the Commander-in-Chief among the rapidly diminishing ranks of the pampered princelings who made their careers losing wars, being out smarted by China and Iran, and neutering our military with PC garbage.
Screw 'em. The MIC didn't pay for Trumps campaigns. Deep State has no dirt on him they've not already printed. Trump has unprecedented latitude over DOD. Hegseth's meat axe approach to removing PC and anti-white/asian racism is proof.
Hopefully we won't be investing in 'next generation' anythings - aircraft carriers, fighters, silos - before a MAGA national defense strategy and right-sized DOD plan is published.
(you can use the upper left search window for years of my droppings on the Pentagon, Deep State, Israel, etc.)
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