Back in the 1980s Ronald Reagan tried to create a 'Star Wars' program called the Strategic Defense Initiative.
Coincidentally, reagan also used the phrase 'Make America Great Again.'
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Coincidentally, Reagan has done more damage to this country than any other president so far.
I think the US will have a new contender for that title.
Reagan's damage to the United States includes creating the environment that allowed Trump to become president, so he wins out via the "I raised that boy" principle.
One could also argue Nixon paved the way for Reagan.
If you go back to the time, most people were satisfied that Nixon had to resign and didn't have to stand trial.
Even confirmed Nixon haters like Hunter S. Thompson didn't raise a huge uproar.
Too bad the lesson the right learned was that you could do the crime and walk away scot free.
I always like to point out that when Reagan took office 'middle class' was still defined as one income supporting a family of four and $1 million was considered a vast fortune. Bythe time Bush Sr. left office, 'middle class' was two incomes to run a house and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.
I've read but cannot confirm that a huge amount of that money went to special defense and black projects like what became the stealth bombers and other possibly still not public aircrafts
That's kind of like saying we burned down the barn, but got some good BBQ sandwiches
For fun, watch the TV show 'The Americans.' It's about two KGB spies living deep undercover in Washington in the 1980s. Stealth tech is a big part of the show.
“Now we have phenomenal technology. You see that with Israel where, out of 319 rockets, they knock down just about every one of them. So I think the United States is entitled to that.”
Entitled.
The iron dome that prevented all of those attacks was the forces of the US, Jordan and a few other allies. As I recall Israel's Iron Dome stopped south of 15% of the missiles.
Also, and somewhat more importantly, Mother Fucking NORAD! The North American Aerospace Defence!
Yes, to a defense system against low velocity Hezbollah rockets which deluge American cities every day after being fired across the Atlantic!
Maybe he'll make a literal iron dome. Every citizen gets their own iron dome and we walk around like turtles? Or like WWI helmets?