Top Trump military adviser says US must prepare to fight around moon
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Someone told the orange one, that the Moon controls the tides.
Tide comes in, tide goes out, you can't explain it!
"Fucking moon, how does it work?"
You know, we created a treaty decades ago to ensure that space has no business "serving US interests."
We’ve been hiding spy satellites in nasa shuttles ever since.
And apparently weapon systems as well.
Hear me out on this one. Maybe, just maybe 'forever war' is not in the best interest of humankind. And maybe those that advocate for endless wars should be removed from power and prosecuted.
Military industrial complex is just one of the ways the rich burn money to accelerate their accumulation of wealth.
You misspelled "executed".
I used to be much better at spelling.
Will Trump tariff the moon first?
I’d be more surprised if he didn’t given his level of stupidity
It’s only gone this long without tariffs because it’s not on google maps.
Trump probably: “If my name can’t be put on the moon, no one can have the moon!”
But what happens as the month progresses and the moon gets smaller??
It's like a battle royale game.
Entire purpose of gen z
You know how long it takes the moon to go from new to full or full to new? Just about two weeks. One fortnight.
socsa thanked the bus driver
Ah, yes, the military that famously can't even keep strategically important Straits open down on Earth will be able to win wars around the Moon.
Worse, they're just quoting an appointed stooge without pointing out the bias.
“Yeah I said I love him, I think he’s great, I’d let him fuck me and I’d kill for him, but I absolutely WAS NOT wearing a maga hat!!” - Ok dude
I really don't think the Mooninites will see it coming, so war should be over in a week or two. I'm willing to back a nuclear bombardment of the Moon, if it will ensure that I can still watch football this weekend.
Thinking about it, America can win a war on the Moon:
Specifically, America can win a war against the Moon by default when no Mooninites turn up to fight against them.
Then again, under the current leadership the American military would still have casualties in a war against the Moon were no Mooninites show up to fight them, purelly because of their own incompetence: I mean, if they can't even keep a ship properly supplied a few thousands of kilometers away from America in an environment which isn't even inherently that dangerous, they'll probably do much worse when the soldiers are 385,000 km away from America in a highly hostile environment.
Trump will win the war on the moon on day one. The moon will wish it hadn't started shit.
We should strap all the oligarchs to a rocket and let them fight it out on the moon.
Guillotines are cheaper than rocket fuel.
Who the fuck are they going to fight?
I’m pretty sure there aren’t a lot of other people up there. The few that are have a lot of friends here in Earth that are going to be super fucking pissed.
Also, to what end?
Who fascists always end up fighting. Themselves.
How are they going to do that when they're firing all the scientists?
Look at this idiot who thinks scientists know anything about fighting. This is a job for soldiers, not eggheads. That's what the Space Force is for.
Give them ALL the testosterone!
Cislunar…yah thats totally not going to be a meme at some point. Bunch of clowns.
It's definitely a word that will make certain people mad when they hear it.
Who the fuck gives a shit about what Pete Hegseth thinks?
Unfortunately his stupid low IQ dementia riddled mind probably thinks we need to make this happen yesterday
But I thought Trump was the peace president? Who would the peace president want to wage war on the moon?
I for one support ths. Take all the warmongering and put it out somewhere where it won't hurt most f us.
Pretty atomic fireworks.
/s
Yes, let's bring our petty bickering off this planet, what a novel idea!
Finally, a front with no home advantage, and none of those pesky "strategic victory" conditions. Pure ballistics and machinery porn, just as God intended warfare to always be about.
Lol.
From "we will bring down prices and drain the swamp" to "we must fight for the moon".
I mean I've known my entire adult life that fascism is uniquely stupid, but goddamn.
They are literally just recycling plot points from sitcoms at this point
What's funnier is that most people would hurt themselves flailing about like that.
Ok. So we are going to have real moon nazis?
This means bullish outlook for my Flat Moon YouTube channel.
More billions spent on stupidity while this planet falls apart.
Caligula waging war on the English Channel vibes....
American assholes already excited about bringing their economic engine to the moon.
I'll chase him round the Moons of Nibia and round the Antares Maelstrom and round Perdition's flames before I give him up! 🤬
Those pesky men in the moon must be stopped! They want to eat all our cheese!
But we love the moon because it is close to us
I'm not surprised as satellites become more important for war.
like a lame version of 007 Moonraker....?