Trump Unleashing American Guns

>>THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PLANNING ON LOOSENING
RESTRICTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE GLOBAL SALE OF WEAPONS.
IN
2015 PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD PASSED A FEW RESTRICTIONS WHEN IT CAME
TO OUR WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS AND THE TYPE OF SALES THEY CAN DO
WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES, BUT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE THAT, AND
ANOTHER TO THE WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS.
SO HE DOES PLAN
ON UNDOING SOME OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND EVEN GOING
FURTHER TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS TO
SELL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES --
>>PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY CENTERS AROUND
CORPORATE AMERICA, AND IT'S NOT REALLY CORPORATE AMERICA, THEY
ARE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS THAT HAPPEN TO BE POWERFUL IN
AMERICA PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE DONATIONS THEY GET.
BUT THIS IS
GOING FURTHER THAN THAT.
WHY IS OUR MILITARY HELPING TO SELL
WEAPONS TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT USE IT AGAINST THEM, JUST SO DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS CAN MAKE A BUCK?
THAT IS NUTS.
BUT THE ONLY THING
CRAZIER IS TO HAVE THE STATE DEPARTMENT -- ANA IS RIGHT,
THEY'VE UNOFFICIALLY DONE THAT FOR A LONG TIME, IT HAS BEEN
DISASTROUS WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DESTABILIZED DEMOCRACIES,
OVERTHROWN DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADERS SO AMERICAN
COMPANIES CAN MAKE MORE MONEY, IT HAS BLOWN BACK ON US ALMOST
EVERY TIME AND CAUSED THE ACTUAL AMERICAN PEOPLE A LOT OF DAMAGE
-- BUT NOW TO ACTIVELY SAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT, INSTEAD OF
DOING DIPLOMACY AND CREATING PEACE AROUND THE WORLD IS GOING
TO DO THE OPPOSITE, THEY WILL HELP SELL RECORD-BREAKING
NUMBERS OF FARMS ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD --
>>IF WE ARE THE WORLD'S COPS, COPS WANT LESS GUNS.
I DON'T
KNOW EVERYTHING THE UNITED NATIONS DOES, BUT SHOULDN'T
THERE BE CONSTANT GLOBAL CONFERENCES WHERE THE LEADERS OF
THE FREE WORLD GET TOGETHER AND WORK OUT WAYS TO MASSIVELY
RESTRICT THE FLOW OF WEAPONS AROUND THE WORLD?
WOULDN'T THAT
BE BETTER?
EXCEPT FOR ONE SIGNIFICANT GROUP, THE PEOPLE
WHO MAKE THE WEAPONS.
WHO ARE ENORMOUSLY POWERFUL COMPANIES
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
CHRIS MURPHY, SENATOR FROM
CONNECTICUT, HE TWEETED TODAY, IT'S WORTH ASKING WHAT WE SPEND
$600 BILLION PER YEAR ON THE MILITARY, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE
INDEPENDENT PRIVATE SALES OF WEAPONS, BUT IT'S WORTH ASKING
WHAT WE SPEND 600 BILLION ON THE MILITARY IF WE CAN'T GET MORE
THAN 5000 TROOPS AND 50 HELICOPTERS TO PUERTO RICO.
THE
STATE DEPARTMENT WILL ADVOCATE FOR THIS, MAKE THE SALE OF
WEAPONS EASIER, YET SOMEHOW WE CAN'T STEP TO IT AND HELP U.S.
TERRITORY JUST OFF OUR SHORE.
>>JUSTICEDEMOCRATS STARTED A PETITION IN CONGRESS TO SAY WE
SHOULDN'T DO ANY OTHER BUSINESS IN CONGRESS
UNTIL WE AID THE
PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO.
JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM/PUERTORICO,
AND ONE OF THE JUSTICE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN NEW YORK,
WE WILL PUT THAT LINK BELOW, SHE IS LEADING THAT PROCESS AND
SAYING THESE PEOPLE ARE AMERICANS AND THEY NEED OUR
HELP.
I KNOW YOU ARE PRIORITIZING YOUR TAX CUTS AND
WEAPONS SALES, BUT WE NEED TO DO THIS FIRST.
THEY HAVE THE
LOBBYISTS, WE HAVE YOU GUYS.
THESE PETITIONS MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MEDICARE FOR
ALL DEBATE.
>>I HAVE TO GIVE YOU MORE OF THOSE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING WITH THESE ARMS SALES BECAUSE IT'S
TERRIBLE --
>>THIS IS TOTAL NONSENSE.
>>I KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE LEAVING WHEN IT COMES TO ARMS SALES.
50% OF WEAPONS SALES COME FROM THE UNITED STATES,
INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES.
THE COMPETITION ISN'T EVEN CLOSE.
>>WE LITERALLY LAPPED THE FIELD, WE ARE MORE THAN HALF.
NOT ONLY
ARE WE NUMBER ONE, GREAT, IN THIS CATEGORY, SELLING ARMS TO
OFTENTIMES DICTATORS LIKE THE ONES IN BAHRAIN OR SAUDI ARABIA,
AND SAUDI ARABIA USED IT AGAINST CIVILIANS, NIGERIA, ALL THESE
PLACES, SINCE WE SELL MORE THAN HALF THE ARMS -- AND TO BEN'S
POINT, IT'S NOT JUST SELLING GUNS TO PEOPLE, AND COPS WOULD
BE CONCERNED IF IT WAS DOMESTIC, IT'S LIKE SELLING ARMOR PIERCING
BULLETS THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE SELLING HIGH-TECH WEAPONS
SOMETIMES, AND BY THE WAY AGAIN SOMETIMES LETTING TECHNOLOGY
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY SLIPPED OUT FROM
UNDERNEATH US SO THEY CAN MAKE ABOUT, TO SAY THAT IT'S A
COMPETITIVE MARKET WHEN WE SELL MORE ARMS THAN THE REST OF THE
WORLD COMBINED, IT'S TOTALLY NOT TRUE, IT'S JUST AN EXCUSE
TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
>>IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO TRACK THESE WEAPONS.
AND MAKING
THE ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE DOING THESE ARMS SALES TO OUR ALLIES -
OH, THAT HAS WORKED OUT FOR US IN THE PAST.
LATER ON WHEN WE
ENGAGE WITH OUR SO-CALLED ALLIES WE UNFORTUNATELY ARMED OUR
ENEMIES.
>>SUPERQUICK, NOT EVEN LATER ON -- WE ARMED THOSE COUNTRIES IN
THE GULF LIKE SAUDI ARABIA, THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE PROVIDER OF
ARMS TO REBEL FORCES WE WERE FIGHTING INSIDE IRAQ, INSURGENTS
IN IRAQ.
THAT GOT OUR TROOPS KILLED, LITERALLY, BUT SOME DEFENSE
CONTRACTOR MADE SOME MONEY.
>>BUT LET'S NOT GET OFFENDED BY THAT, LET'S GET OFFENDED BECAUSE
SOMEONE DECIDED TO KNEEL DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
WHAT TRUMP
IS DOING ALSO --
>>POSITION GUIDED MUNITIONS, THOSE ARE MISSILES.
BOMBS.
>>THEY ALSO SOLD HIGH-TECH DRONES.
AND THERE'S A REASON
THEY PUT THOSE REGULATIONS IN PLACE.
IT ISN'T BECAUSE THEY ARE
NO GOOD LIBERALS WHO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MAKE
MONEY.
NO, IF YOU SELL THE HIGH-TECH DRONES TO OTHERS THAN
THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, THEY CAN REVERSE ENGINEER IT, IT WAS
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD AND IT CAN BE USED AGAINST OUR TROOPS.
THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT REGULATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A
LAW, AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AWAY BECAUSE THOSE ARE REPUBLICAN
DONORS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM MORE MONEY -- SNEAKER COMPANIES
WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY, HAVE AT IT, HOSS, IF THEY ARE
THEORETICALLY AMERICAN AND WE WANT TO HAVE THEIR DIPLOMATS
SELLING NIKES, IT'S A WEIRD THING BUT IT'S NOT AS
DESTRUCTIVE AS HAVING OUR DIPLOMATS SELLING ARMS TO PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT USE IT AGAINST US.
>>I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT BUT SOME OF THIS STUFF COULD BE
KIND OF SOCIALIZED.
LIKE, YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE ANYTHING --
THE IDEA THAT WE COULD MASSIVELY RESTRICT THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE UNITED STATES -- THAT WE RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF
PRECISION GUIDED MISSILES MADE, THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T WANT THE
FREE MARKET TO DICTATE THAT IN ANY WAY.
>>WHAT IF THE FREE MARKET SAYS ISIS HAS A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH
THEY DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF OIL FROM IRAQ OR SYRIA, I
WANT TO BUY A NUKE ON THE FREE MARKET.
OF COURSE THERE HAS TO
BE RESTRICTIONS!
>>BECAUSE OUR WONDERFULLY FORTUITOUS GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION
THAT WE HAVE HERE, WHICH HAS PROTECTED US FOR HUNDREDS OF
YEARS, WELL JUST TWO -- SINCE SOMETIME IN THE MID 18TH CENTURY
-- NUKES MAKE NO DIFFERENCE THERE.
THAT DOESN'T HELP US.
>>THE BIG WATER, AS TRUMP WOULD CALL IT, DOESN'T HELP US.
>>WE WORK OUR ASS OFF, OR AT LEAST THE SMART ONES DO, TO
RESTRICT THOSE NUKES.
BUT THE CONCEPT THAT THERE WEAPONS OUT
THERE THAT THE WORLD WOULD GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO RESTRICT --
BUT WE WON'T RESTRICT THE WEAPONS THAT HAVE KILLED FAR,
FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN NUKES AND HAVE WREAKED HAVOC ON THE WORLD
AND DESTABILIZED THE WORLD AND MADE US MORE IN DANGER THAN EVER
BEFORE, WE WON'T COME TOGETHER IN THE WORLD AND AS CIVILIZED
NATIONS AND RESTRICT THAT -- BUT AGAIN IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF
THINKING, RIGHT?
AND WE DON'T THINK THAT WAY.
THE COMPANIES,
THE WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS, ARE GIVEN FREE REIGN AND WHEN IT'S
RESTRICTED A LITTLE BIT AS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WE GET
A GUY LIKE TRUMP IN THERE AND HE STOPS RESTRICTING IT.
>>THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS IN SELLING ARMS TO BAHRAIN AND
NIGERIA, THEY HAVE NOW BEEN LIFTED, AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE
OF HOW MUCH THIS TYPE OF DEALING HAS INCREASED UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION --
>>THIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN, AND IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO COME
BACK TO HAUNT US IN THE FUTURE.
>>LAST THING, THEY ARE REVAMPING THE CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFER
POLICY SO WE CAN SELL MORE MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS TO
FOREIGN NATIONS, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE QUOTE, THEY ARE MAKING
THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS, QUOTE, MORE
USER-FRIENDLY.
GREAT.
OKAY THEN, IT WILL BE USER-FRIENDLY FOR THE
DICTATORS BUYING OUR WEAPONS AND THAT WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR WORLD
PEACE.
FINALLY, THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, AND AS I GAVE A NIKE
ANALOGY IT DAWNED ON ME THAT IN THESE ORDERS THEY ARE LITERALLY
SAYING THAT PEOPLE WORKING OUT OF OUR EMBASSIES, NOT JUST THE
MILITARY WHICH IN ESSENCE WE ARE NOW PRIVATIZING TO WORK AS
SALESPEOPLE FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, BUT ALSO OUR
DIPLOMATS, IF THOSE DIPLOMATS PUT ON LIKE NIKE TRACK SUITS AND
WENT AND SAID YOU HAVE TO BUY NIKE IN CAMBODIA OR WHATEVER WE
WOULD SAY THAT'S SO UNSEEMLY AND RIDICULOUS, BUT THIS IS WAY
WORSE.
THEY ARE TELLING THEM PART OF YOUR JOB IS GO SELL THEM
WEAPONS TO KILL EACH OTHER WITH.
AND THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER
DOESN'T MAKE A DOLLAR OFF THAT, IT'S JUST FOR PRIVATE GAIN.
THAT
IS INSANITY, MAN.
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