The Democrats will not recover from this!

It's not like the military only gets paid during wartime. There's always an ongoing cost to field a military.

This thing where people have to qualify a compliment of trump with criticism is such gutless cowardly almond milk toast beta boi behavior that your opinion is entirely disqualified from the realm of men.

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Doesn't matter when he just wasted that money, and then some, somewhere else.

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That makes no sense and you clearly don't know what you are talking about.

Hell yes

HumpitPuryear said:

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That's great but what is the trend line for fedgov contractors? You have to know that to get a complete picture.

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Here's a dataset from 2015 to 2026...

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Mostly offsets what Biden added 2021 - 2024, but also takes out what was added by Trump. 2017-2020.

Doesn't appear to get us back to sanity levels. The other thing is that we don't know the mix of what was added 2016-2024 to what was subtracted 2025-2026.

Makes a difference.

That's a stunning number. Just goes to show how many government employees are superfluous to the mission of that organization.

This is the functioning of government jobs. If an individual is incompetent, unmotivated, or generally ineffective, they are not dismissed; instead, they are assigned to a trivial task, while a new employee is brought in to take over their previous position.

Trump has only skimmed the bottom layer of the barrel, there are many more.

aggie93 said:

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Since President Trump took office, over 352K Federal employees have been fired, resigned, or retired and were not replaced.

The Federal workforce is smaller today than at any point since 1966.

Is this what you voted for?

Yes or No? pic.twitter.com/4IPbRYNDeB

— DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 (@1Nicdar) June 17, 2026

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Anyone else find this a coincidence that this is put out on the same day that people on the right start bashing Trump for his deal with Iran?

I mean, it's not like this is anything new.

Just makes me wonder if it's trying to remind people that yes they hate what Trump did but look over here and something that he did a while back that you liked. Now makes sure to vote republican in the midterms and when asked by pollsters, say positive things to get my numbers up.

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How much more did the Iran war cost taxpayers than the salaries of these 350k?

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Ignoring the false comparison, those employees cost us lots more than their salaries. Many many times more.

aggie93 said:

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Since President Trump took office, over 352K Federal employees have been fired, resigned, or retired and were not replaced.

The Federal workforce is smaller today than at any point since 1966.

Is this what you voted for?

Yes or No? pic.twitter.com/4IPbRYNDeB

— DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 (@1Nicdar) June 17, 2026

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Curious - where did this improve the daily lives of Americans? Did it make the world a safer place?

If we are looking to eliminate government jobs, why not reduce the military? Let other countries fight their own wars. No need for our troops to me anywhere except within our own borders. The deal is signed. Iran says tehy aren't going to develop nuclear weapons...and the dust is buried. Bring them home. America first, right?

Or do we need to spend tax payer dollars to eliminate threats that pose a risk to our country? If that is the case, then wouldn't it make sense to also spend money on foreign aid to recognize and mitigate potential global pandemic outbreaks before they become widespread?

There are 352,000 less federal jobs and that did not even put a dent in the Democrat votes in Virginia. No es lo suficientemente bueno.

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Or do we need to spend tax payer dollars to eliminate threats that pose a risk to our country? If that is the case, then wouldn't it make sense to also spend money on foreign aid to recognize and mitigate potential global pandemic outbreaks before they become widespread?

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army01 said:

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aggie93 said:

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Since President Trump took office, over 352K Federal employees have been fired, resigned, or retired and were not replaced.

The Federal workforce is smaller today than at any point since 1966.

Is this what you voted for?

Yes or No? pic.twitter.com/4IPbRYNDeB

— DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 (@1Nicdar) June 17, 2026

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Curious - where did this improve the daily lives of Americans? Did it make the world a safer place?

If we are looking to eliminate government jobs, why not reduce the military? Let other countries fight their own wars. No need for our troops to me anywhere except within our own borders. The deal is signed. Iran says tehy aren't going to develop nuclear weapons...and the dust is buried. Bring them home. America first, right?

Or do we need to spend tax payer dollars to eliminate threats that pose a risk to our country? If that is the case, then wouldn't it make sense to also spend money on foreign aid to recognize and mitigate potential global pandemic outbreaks before they become widespread?

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It's precisely this kind of willful ignorance that makes taking anyone on the left seriously, impossible.
You know damn well the levels of corruption and outright fraud that has been taking place with federal funds. An attempt to stymie some of that was made and your retort is to play dumb. Very telling.