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better hope that there's an American company that makes the makeup, red noses, and rainbow wigs, or else this is gonna get real expensive with the tariffs

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lemmy.world

Doesn't every war fighter need their concealer and foundation?

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Now we have a president, vice president and secretary of Defense that wear make up and they're all dudes. I'm all for people being who they want be, gender norms be damned but the hypocrisy is palpable

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Just a little taxpayer-funded gender affirming care!

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Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration," a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.

We regularly waste taxpayer dollars like this.

That was the reassuring argument.

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His qualification was "on the TV", so it's what this particular warrior needs.

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lemmy.world

First of all, this isn't something I support, I don't trust literally anything this administration does, and it's not really something I want my tax dollars spent on

But taking a step back, when I think about it, I'm a little surprised the pentagon doesn't already have one.

Pretty much anyone who goes on TV is getting a quick once over by the hair/makeup/wardrobe people. And it's not like they don't host press conferences and such at the pentagon with some frequency.

And the military is all about appearances - uniforms, hairstyle regulations, polished boots, etc. If you're putting some military bigwig in front of a camera, that's, in part, a propaganda opportunity, so you want them to look the part

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I’m pretty sure a new EO will state everyone’s face has to be orange.

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lemmy.world

makeup is for dead people and clowns only.

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Tm12reply

I maybe would’ve taken the argument for plastic surgery over makeup. But either way, we have different definitions of ugly.

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