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Friday, September 05, 2025

By Executive Order today, the Trumpf junta will change the name of the DOD to the anachronistic Department of War, but the name change would likely require an act of Congress. And to no one's surprise, the Trumpf junta intends to halt longtime security assistance programs for Europe, including an initiative to fortify the continent's eastern flank against a potential attack by Russia. This will impact hundreds of millions of dollars worth of military aid relied upon by NATO's most vulnerable members. US allies are struggling to comprehend the junta's policy toward Europe and why Dummkopf Trumpf ended Vladimir Putin's diplomatic isolation of ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin. The White House said its move to slash security assistance was "coordinated" with the Europeans and is consistent both with Trumpf's executive order to reevaluate US foreign aid and his "long-standing emphasis on ensuring Europe takes more responsibility for its own defense."

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The Trumpf junta is obviously aligning the US with the Kremlin as the Dotard is no doubt a Russian asset. Earlier this year the Trumpf junta signaled the US would no longer participate in NATO military exercises after 2025. In response, the EU and Canada have been "Trumpf-proofing" their collective security with the Re-Arm Europe program. Europe is planning on defending its borders without the US for the first time since 1949. China may take advantage of any Russo-European conflict to invade and absorb Taiwan while the Trumpf junta fiddle-faddles, pretending to try and find a "peaceful" solution, to just as we have witnessed them buy time for Israel and Russia to conduct their brutal offensives against Palestinians and Ukrainians. One AI calculation of the costs to idiotically change the name of the DOD to the Department of War: $50 to $100 million of American taxpayer dollars. Trumpf junta insiders would no doubt get any necessary contracts, as we have seen with the construction and operation of ICE facilities. Links: End of NATO; Dept of War.
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"the EU and Canada have been "Trumpf-proofing" their collective security with the Re-Arm Europe program"

And France tells their hospitals to prepare for war in 2026.

Everybody but a Republican can tell which way the wind is blowing.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-05 05:24 AM | Reply

#1: Hi Snoofy: Perhaps the only Republicans who see which way the wind is blowing are Dick Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and the Lincoln Project folks. Lots of fired DOD and USIC personnel see the writing on the wall: d39raawggeifpx.cloudfront.net

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-05 05:35 AM | Reply

See also Tom Nichols, " Pete Hegseth's Department of Cringe: Renaming the Defense Department is a pathetic stunt" (www.theatlantic.com):

I have a better idea. Let's skip the "War" name and go right to the "Department of Cringe." It may not strike fear into the hearts of evildoers overseas, but it will resonate with Americans who take national defense seriously, because it is the emotion many of them already feel every time the former Major Hegseth says "lethality" and "warfighter." If the leaders of the United States are going to make fools of themselves and of the dedicated men and women who serve in uniform simply to own the libs and put on a show for the party faithful, any name will do. They might as well choose one that's accurate."

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-05 05:55 AM | Reply

#3: Hi Doc, thanks for the article. Dept of Cringe, indeed.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-05 07:04 AM | Reply

Everything he does is to benefit Russia.

Period.

He is a traitor.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-05 07:05 AM | Reply

Step aside, Benedict, you've been replaced.

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#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-05 07:25 AM | Reply

So no on the quest for that Nobel Peace Prize, just go for the Ignoble Pieces Prize?
Counter Russia's move by "collecting" Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and maybe just keep on going South at least through Panama?

#7 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-05 07:45 AM | Reply

Putin is saying that any foreign troops in Ukraine will be considered targets.

btw... that Daily News cover says it all.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-05 10:50 AM | Reply

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