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Apparently Trump didn’t know Pentagon paused Ukraine aid back in February. Reuters: U.S. military aid to Ukraine was paused in early Feb — not by Trump, but by Defense Secretary Hegseth.

Apparently Trump didn’t know Pentagon paused Ukraine aid back in February. Reuters: U.S. military aid to Ukraine was paused in early Feb — not by Trump, but by Defense Secretary Hegseth. There was no presidential order. The White House and State Department weren’t informed

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/order-by-hegseth-cancel-ukraine-weapons-caught-white-house-off-guard-2025-05-06/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
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lemmy.ca

donvict stopped shipments himself over two months ago, shortly after that meeting at the white house. src

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Foofighterreply
discuss.tchncs.de

I thought it would be Musk would be the first scapegoat. Öets see who'll finish the race first

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entwine413reply
lemm.ee

Musk still has money. He won't get the ax until that's gone because Trump doesn't realize he can just take Musk's assets. I'm sure there's plenty of legitimate reasons to sic most of the 3 and 4 letter agencies against Musk and his assets.

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Nationalizing musk's assets really would be a broken clock moment for them imo

Well.. at least for when the government stops being fascist, that is

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mriswithreply
lemmy.world

If Musk fully crosses Trump, I wouldn't be surprised if suddenly starlink and spacex were labeled as threats to national security.

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entwine413reply
lemm.ee

It really depends on what Putin thinks of Musk.

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Don't be ridiculous. Musk is part of the oligarchs controlling Trump.

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lemm.ee

Oh no! Poor Mr Hegseth has found himself to be the fall guy for the U.S. administration. That's the juicy reward of being a fascist and buddying up with even more powerful fascists, I guess.

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Deathray5reply
lemmynsfw.com

He should be careful. These sort of regimes tend to have long knives

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I heard that Hegseth was seen in some DC grocery stores in the early mornings, switching the price tags on eggs, making them more expensive

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The difference between a unilateral decision that blindsided the cult leader and a coordinated decision where the messaging is supposed to divert any future blame away from the cult leader is easy: was the person supposedly at fault fired? No? Then it's all just talk, since the overall outcome nicely aligns with the policy goals of the red team.

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Apparently Trump didn’t know Pentagon paused Ukraine aid back in February. Reuters: U.S. military aid to Ukraine was paused in early Feb — not by Trump, but by Defense Secretary Hegseth. | Spyke