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by throw0101d
495 days ago
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> Ill informed on the inefficiency that seems to be Doge, but isn’t all this moot if we spend like 50 billion dollars on missles and shit? One doesn't have to look as far as the DOD. See "Why Trump’s Military Deportation Flights Are So Expensive": * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNObnSDwWnI For whatever reason, the Trump administration is using military aircraft to deport people… which costs 2x to 3x the amount of simply chartering civilian aircraft… a practice that ICE already uses. Two flights start at the same place, and fly to the same destination country: civilian charter cost $55k; military transport cost $166k. One-way. The military flight to India used two sets of mid-air refuelling tankers was estimated to cost $3M: * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/military-fli... |
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Optics. It’s just optics. It makes the admin look “tough”.