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Does Daniel McAdams realize Trump and Pence aren't the problem?
From USA Today:
The United States continued to lead the world in arms exports in 2016, netting a 43% increase in sales since President Obama took office in 2009, according to recently released data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Nearly 40% of all international major arms transfers from 2009 to 2016 are from the U.S., almost double the exports from Russia, the next largest seller in the world.
Nearly half of U.S. exports went to the Middle East, but weapons were also sold to countries updating arsenals not involved in any armed conflict, explained Aude-E Fleurant, director of the Arms and Military Expenditure program at SIPRI.
Heading into the Trump administration, the high level of weapons export is unlikely to change, experts say.
The Obama administration signed almost 200 separate arms deals in the Middle East alone, many of which haven’t been fulfilled yet and can’t be included in SIPRI’s latest figures. (Contracts take years to fulfill and the value and amount of weapons can change, which is why SIPRI only measures arms that are delivered.)
“They're selling amazing amounts of weaponry at a time where the Pentagon budget is leveling off a bit,” explained William D. Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Project and the Center for International Policy. "Obama has made a ton of agreements and there is a chance that will be a delivery increase under Trump based on deals that Obama made."
U.S. weapons exports increased 43% under Obama
I don't think McAdams is saying Trump & Pence specifically are the problem, American foreign policy is.
He'd probably say they are a continuation of the problem (one might argue an escalation).
Trump to unleash more global arms sales
The Pentagon's $2.2 Billion Soviet Arms Pipeline Flooding Syria
This was mentioned in the USA today article I posted. To paraphrase, trump may decide to exidite the deals and production sooner rather than later, as opposed to have them ongoing over the course of many years.
Doesn't sound like they're referring to the Pentagon moving arms to Syria (& falsifying paperwork to do so) or the new "buy american" strategy of using diplomats/embassies to increase American weapons sales IMO.
How TrumpTards deal will facts - from #fakenews to commercial break to #Oops!realnews:
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“We’ll deal with this tomorrow”
He needs time to come up with a spin. Or like any press secretary needs to be briefed on the game plan.
New “memo”. New Hillary uranium. New Clinton Haiti. Incoming.
I won't pretend like Hannity is someone to be taken seriously, but there's been breaking news on Lynch/Clinton & biased FBI agents' texts, it's very telling which liberals feel the need to ridecule
Pre-election, everyone thought Julian Assange was a true hero, raging against the machine to bring us the truth.
But now that people don't like the truth he brings, they say he's a hack!
@KWingJitsu lets do a 50 dollar PayPal bet that nothing comes from the special counsel investigation
Might want to get more specific. There has already been multiple indictments.
None that had anything to do with the original accusation. Both Flynn and that other guy I forget his name are indicted on different charges.
What I mean is Trump himself. Nothing will happen to him because he didn't collude with the Russians to help win the election. He won because he actually campaigned on the issues. Hillary was like I'm a woman vote for me, Trump is a pig don't vote for him.
So not on that crime but others so it doesnt count?
You wouldn't fuck them?
Oh you know when he skeet-skeeted all over her titties, he was imagining it was Invanka's face looking up at him......
What's that?
Fair and Balanced.
Trump skeeting? The MOST he did is 30 seconds of gut-resting-on-asscheeks doggystyle.