It turns out that abandoning allies and tossing out security guarantees is bad for business.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/33330954

It may seem obvious that governments should think through their policies before implementing them; if they don’t, they risk encountering the dreaded law of unintended consequences. That’s exactly what’s happening in the United States’ defense-industrial policy.

  • metaldream@sopuli.xyz
    211·
    1 day ago

    But he is. It’s defense stocks are dropping and the GOP budget proposes to slash military spending by over 30% I’m the next 5 years.

    They’re quite literally making the US weaker while helping Russia assert itself in Europe

    • index@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      1 day ago

      USA already spend 1000% times what other countries do a 30% cut is making USA weaker by an inch

      It always end up higher than before

      • metaldream@sopuli.xyz
        6·
        22 hours ago

        We do not spend “1000%” more than other countries, and what we do spend is heavily wasted as well.

        A 30% reduction is the largest cut for the military in decades. It will absolutely have an impact, as will losing the trust of our allies. No one will let us station troops in their country when we show the world that we’re a bunch of backstabbers.

        • index@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          12 hours ago

          No one will let us station troops in their country when we show the world that we’re a bunch of backstabbers.

          Let’s hope so, usa has thousand of thousand of military infrastructures around the world