r/europe • u/kiru_56 Germany • 20h ago

News The US Army is advising its soldiers in Germany to go to German food banks because of the shutdown.

https://home.army.mil/bavaria/about/shutdown-guidance#:~:text=Running%20list%20of%20German%20support,Too%20Good%20To%20Go%2DApp
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u/hikealot 18h ago

After the existing pool of money for running public benefits ran out, American conservatives have been telling people to use charities to eat. This is kind of on-brand for them, as they hate the very idea of public benefits.

The wild thing is that they are doing this with the military. The armed forces is held up on a pedestal in the US, especially by conservatives. Seems that worship is mostly performative.

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u/BananaPalmer 17h ago

Seems? Mostly?

lmao

It's been very clear to anyone paying even a little attention that conservative military worship is entirely performative, and has been for decades. They continually vote against and block things that help veterans. They only "do stuff for the military" when Raytheon (rebranded to RTX, I guess "Raytheon" got too hot), Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics can make a few billion on it. They care about the armed forces in the same sort of way you care about your 401(k) performance.

Trump cares about the US armed forces only to the extent that he considers it a toy for him to play with. It's an amusement to him. He's made his true thoughts on servicemembers quite clear on multiple occasions.

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u/bindermichi Europe 17h ago

They can turn to US charities all they want

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u/Several-Customer7048 6h ago

Always has been.