“The bigger problem – bigger than weapons that don’t work – is that the US economy is not set up to support sustained, high intensity warfare. It gave up that capability decades ago, when it decided to de-industrialise so its companies could make more money building their stuff in China.”

Robert Freeman: https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06/trump-is-trying-to-shoot-his-way-out-of-us-decline-it-wont-work/

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America cannot shoot its way out of decline

Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget would not make the United States safer, but would divert resources from the education, infrastructure, research and resilience needed to rebuild national strength.

Pearls and Irritations