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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: $200 billion is "a small price to pay for making sure we stay tippy-top."
Thanks for the attack line, pal.
Trump calls 0 Billion more âa small price to payâ and says bomb makers Raytheon & Lockheed are building multiple factories
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T16:14:53.727Z
People die, prices go up⦠his war machine buddies get rich
(From @acyn.bsky.social & @atrupar.com )
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Trump: $200 billion is "a small price to pay for making sure we stay tippy-top." (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Mar 19
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underpants
(196,492 posts)1. Is he becoming Mr. Burns? Tippy-top is actually a spinning toy
Meaning of tippy top in English
tippy top
noun [ C ]
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(also tippe top)
a type of small spinning top (= a toy that spins around) that turns over and spins on its thin vertical part when it is spun fast:
The tippy top has fascinated physicists for years.
A tippe top is a spinning top that flips upside down when spun.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/tippy-top

Irish_Dem
(81,259 posts)2. US is too poor for education, healthcare, vaccines.
But plenty of money for war.
C_U_L8R
(49,384 posts)3. Sorry pal, you don't get more budget for losing.
Now go clean up your mess.
RT Atlanta
(2,738 posts)4. Goon squads in the USA streets, no healthcare, education funding cut
no national meal program for children.....
FAH-Q to that bastard .... not a penny more for the war machine
Tim S
(225 posts)5. Great! Have the billionaires pay for it!