{"id":37558,"date":"2019-09-05T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37558"},"modified":"2019-09-05T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:56:49","slug":"benedict-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/05\/benedict-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last traitor to steal from West Point was Benedict Arnold [R-PA]. His intent was to sabotage the fort, turn over to the British, and help then win the Revolutionary War.\u00a0 He failed.\u00a0 West Point became the US Military Academy, the institution that trains virtually all our important Army generals.\u00a0 Now, another Republican Traitor, Donald Trump, is stealing from West Point<\/a>.\u00a0 That sabotages the military education of future Army Generals.\u00a0 Republicans may argue, that it’s only $160 million. but Benedict Trump is stealing $3.6 billion from and sabotaging our military everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Pentagon plans to divert funds from military construction projects in nearly half the 50 states, three territories and 19 countries to the southwestern border wall as part of President Trump\u2019s efforts to bypass Congress and redirect spending to his signature campaign promise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nearly every facet of military life, from a canceled dining center in Puerto Rico to a small arms firing range in Tulsa, Okla., to an elementary school in Wiesbaden, Germany, will be affected by the transfer of $3.6 billion in congressionally appropriated funds<\/strong> detailed by the Defense Department on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The cuts involve projects such as rifle ranges, aircraft simulators, hangars, port repairs and a cyberoperations center in Virginia, with the biggest impact in Puerto Rico, Guam, New York and New Mexico. In the case of Puerto Rico, the Defense Department plans to divert funds from projects targeted after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.<\/p>\n

The $3.6 billion, taken from 127 projects across the globe, will go toward 11 projects in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, which include both new construction and some fencing replacement. The longest stretch of new pedestrian fencing \u2014 about 52 miles \u2014 is scheduled for Laredo, Tex., along the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the Pentagon\u2019s announcement, Democrats assailed what they said was an assault on military readiness and lawmakers from both parties voiced discomfort with what they called an attempt by the White House to subvert their constitutional mandate to set government spending<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s video coverage from MSNBC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n