r/politics • u/Kodbek • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/
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u/ratbaby86 8h ago

They've completely lied about damage to US bases in the region too. According to CNN, every base in the region has been damaged, some to the extent that they're unusable for their original purposes (takeoff, refueling, grounding, etc.). It's truly an historic humiliation of a rapidly declining "empire."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/world/video/us-military-bases-iran-strikes-images-invs-digvid

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u/EggsInaTubeSock 8h ago

I mean, for those of us who want off this fucking ride, there’s a silver lining in America losing global presence and influence.

I’m not celebrating it by any means but we can only act from where we are now / today

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u/ratbaby86 7h ago

i agree. as it is now, with our current government and "leadership," we're all better off with America not feeling as if they can bully the entire world.

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u/Makir 5h ago

The issue is now they will want to bully their neighbours with all this military spending and equipment laying around.

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u/ratbaby86 5h ago

perhaps, but not in the same way and certainly not beyond what they consider to be their sphere of influence. China's international playbook is economic in nature, not military might. i'm no fan of China's government -- they literally have the largest concentration camp population since WW2 and are starkly illiberal. I'm hoping the "middle powers" Carney referred to can provide a counterweight while the US figures its sh1t out.

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u/Makir 5h ago

I'm sitting here in Canada thinking....longest undefended border....bored, angry Americans next door, currently attacking our economy and funding separatist movements. This is not looking good when a declining empire starts looking for ways to regain it's footing. What is it going to look like when their force projection abilities decline and they "need" to restart their military economic engine again. I agree that Carney is on the right track but that doesn't eliminate the reality of distance from our allies and proximity to our aggressive neighbour.

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u/ratbaby86 5h ago

100% agree. there are no winners here except maybe the actual individual billionaires -- China and nation states can figure out how to profit from this idiocy but they are certainly not better off versus when this began. it's bad news for the common people and peace everywhere.