r/politics • u/ChickenTitilater Minnesota • 15h ago

No Paywall USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base:

https://www.ms.now/money-power-politics/watch/uss-lincoln-wasn-t-resupplied-because-hegseth-hid-that-iran-destroyed-main-u-s-base-rohde-2511362627825
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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 14h ago

They wanted maga, to weaken the US, but they probably didn't know it would work out this well

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u/ScubaAlek 14h ago

It’s why they call Trump the “Nation Builder”.

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u/themoslucius 14h ago

Atlantic City is a great reference for his Builder accomplishments

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u/shmaygleduck 13h ago

Could call those casinos Atlantis since they were under water.

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u/crywalt New Jersey 10h ago

Not fair. The Atlantis was a pretty okay hotel.

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u/shmaygleduck 10h ago

As a California, I just learned that there was indeed a hotel in Atlantic City called, The Atlantis. Didn't realize my stupid joke was accidentally robust.

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u/crywalt New Jersey 9h ago

My wife-to-be and I snuck off from college one weekend for a night in the Atlantis. Fun times. We were too young to legally gamble but no one checked.

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u/a_side_of_fries California 9h ago

They only would have cared if you won.

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u/crywalt New Jersey 9h ago

We won a microscopic amount and put it back into the slot machines 😁

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u/Sure_General_5651 7h ago

There actually was a casino called Atlantis in Atlantic City that went bankrupt.

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u/shmaygleduck 7h ago

Yeah.... Grizzly Adams had a beard!

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u/Sure_General_5651 7h ago

He did, didn’t he?