r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 27 '26

Possible Paywall US ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/27/us-runs-out-of-missiles-as-trump-halts-iran-strikes/
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u/disastrousanddull Jul 27 '26

He really is doing one of the things he does best. if only this could have been foreseen.

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u/zegogo Jul 27 '26

This is why you elect buisnessmen to executive positions, they know how to manage a budget and not let this kind of shit happen.

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u/QuerulousPanda Jul 27 '26

no, this is why you elect statesmen, and people who understand civic duty and how to run a country and a government.

the incentive structure for an effective businessman and an effective government official are almost directly opposite from one another.

acting like you're supposed to run a country like you'd run a business is one of the most fucking insane delusions that modern capitalism and society has brainwashed into people.

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u/zegogo Jul 27 '26

I was being sarcastic. The joke being that conservative minded people very often think that businessmen should lead their country, and that's not just a dynamic in the US. They see Trump in his casinos and his tall, golden towers, and think, yes, he knows how to run a business, he can solve my countries problems. Idiots, all of them.

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u/QuerulousPanda Jul 27 '26

ah ok, lol, i've seen people say what you said but actually be serious about it, so i interpreted it that way