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National Security & Defense

bucolic_frolic

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1. Anyone who doesn't link this with renaming The Department of Defense

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:23 AM

Sep 27

is not making the obvious connections. Are we about to go on "gunboat diplomacy" in multiple nations?

Picking petty fights he can't lose. All nations would be outmatched, so none will counter.

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