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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. There was no presidential order. The White House and State Department weren’t informed

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 127 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Seems like they are setting Hegseth up to take a few falls to consolidate blame.

[–] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 day ago (8 children)

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

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 7 points 23 hours ago

Using anything as shoddy as Starlink in a critical use case is definitely a threat.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It really depends on what Putin thinks of Musk.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 7 points 23 hours ago

Putin thinks (no, he knows) that all of his American puppets are easily-manipulated fools.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech 1 points 16 hours ago

I don't think Putin gives a fuck about Musk.

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