Trump Flip-Flops! Calls For MASSIVE Increase In Defense Spending!

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Jimmy Dore

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🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Great news! Remember how Donald Trump used to talk about cutting the U.S. military budget in half and making peace with China and Russia? Well, that's all over because Trump is now calling for a massive INCREASE in the Pentagon budget to $1.5 trillion.

Guest host Chris Keene and Americans' Comedian Kurt Metzger argue that this dramatic flip-flop contradicts Trump's anti-war rhetoric on the campaign trail and primarily serves the interests of defense contractors, tech firms, and oligarchs rather than public safety. They criticize media and bipartisan political elites for normalizing endless militarization while homelessness, poverty, and social decay worsen at home. The discussion frames the spending surge as part of a broader drift toward global conflict and a clear example of how campaign promises collapse once power is secured.

Plus segments on how recent out-of-control episodes involving ICE are all part of a larger plan for cracking down on Americans' civil rights and why Trump is taking the wrong approach to the unrest in Iran.

Also featuring Keaton Weiss and Caleb Maupin!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Come see me on tour February 20th in Lansing, Michigan, February 21st in Milwaukee.
0:09.1	Go to jimmie door.com for a link for tickets.
0:15.1	Establishment media sucks.
0:17.6	All gas light and so good luck.
0:19.6	Bullshit we can't afford.
0:21.1	Why he's fomenting this ball.
0:23.6	Watch and see as a jackdoll.
0:25.9	The medium speeds and jumps the medium and hits him head on.
0:30.5	It's the Jimmy Tor Show.
0:34.1	Welcome back to the Jimmy Door Show.
0:36.2	I'm your guest host, Chris Keene, sitting in for Jimmy.
0:38.9	He's on tour in Hawaii right now.
0:40.9	I'm here with Kurt Medsker.
0:43.1	And good news, everybody.
0:47.0	We're upping the military budget.
0:49.3	Just what we need.
0:50.4	Oh, thank God.
0:50.5	I'm afraid that we only spent $1 trillion.
0:53.0	It wasn't enough.
1:11.2	Trump sparks a surge in defense stocks by calling for a $1.5 trillion in military spending. Why have I still not put money in defense stocks to this day? I know. That's how it works. Yeah. I know how to make money. You invest in military shit. We're doing it wrong. And I don't. Yet I don't. Why? What is wrong with me?
1:14.9	1.5 trillion dollar budget. A lot of anti-war activists are upset about this.
1:22.5	You can hear from one of them right now. Send ice after him. I say here.
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