Trump HUMILIATED as “Plenty” of Missiles Becomes $58.6BN Arms Emergency

Right, so Donald Trump says America has plenty of missiles. Plenty. Loads. More missiles than America could ever possibly use, or so says the man bombing Iran, threatening fresh strikes, exposing US bases across the Gulf and promising Patriots elsewhere, all while burning through the world's most expensive air-defence equipment like a toddler let loose in a fireworks warehouse and piling on fresh escalation like it’s the last tray of roast potatoes at an all-you-can-eat carvery.

And yet, here comes the US Army, rolling out a seven-year Patriot contract worth up to $58.6bn, as if they're buying missiles in bulk from the closest cash and carry. Lockheed Martin is being told to ramp up Patriots at three times the pace and THAADs at four times the pace, and Ukraine is now so frustrated with waiting for the American missile delivery van that it's asking for the keys to the factory. That is a suspicious amount of factories, money, and panic-buying for a country that claims to be drowning in missiles, isn’t it? It almost feels like the cupboard is less 'overflowing with disposable arsenal' and more 'bare shelves with a single lonely tin of beans.' This is less of another episode of 'America's Got No Missiles Left.' This is more the part where the bill to replace them as fast as possible, which is never going to be fast enough, lands with a thud.