Putting aside the discussions of who will actually see any money returned, I will note that this haul covers about 100 days of war with Iran. ($1 Billion per day is the initial assessment from the Pentagon.) [0]

For anyone who was still under the illusion that the tariffs would make any impact on the government debt, hopefully this illustrates that both the tariffs and the ridiculous DOGE effort were never really about the budget.

[0] https://iran-cost-ticker.com/

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infinitewars 12 hours ago | parent [-]

DOGE was about funding Golden Dome back when Elon thought he was getting the contract

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omnimus 11 hours ago | parent [-]

DOGE was about breaking things as much as you can. Especially those that were working and not under Trumps control.

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skinpop 9 hours ago | parent [-]

it's about justifying tax cuts for the rich

	▲	infinitewars 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		With these contracts, they want to give trillions to Musk. Cuts aren't good enough for oligarchy!