JimBowie1958
Old Fogey
- Sep 25, 2011
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Cant make this stuff up. We have been buying helicopters from Russia.
Werent they the Democrats Great Satan?
Trump Effect: Pentagon Will Stop Buying Russian Helicopters
The Pentagon has notified Congress that it plans to stop buying Russian Mi17 helicopters for Afghanistan and will start buying American helicopters, according to Radio Free Europe.
The purchase of U.S. military helicopters for Afghani operations has long been sought by members of Congress, but it didn’t happen until Republican President-elect Donald Trump won the election on Nov. 8.
“I’ll never understand why the U.S. government sent taxpayer money to Russia for helicopters in Afghanistan while Russia was supporting the Assad regime in Syria and invading eastern Ukraine,” U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, told Radio Free Europe after the decision was made on Friday.
“When the Pentagon buys helicopters, they should be made in America,” said Murphy.
Trump had run on a platform of putting American manufacturers first. Trump has also said he would renegotiate free-trade treaties.
Already, Ford Motor Co. has said it will not move an assembly line in Kentucky to Mexico. Trump’s bully pulpit for American jobs is already being called “the Trump effect.”
Werent they the Democrats Great Satan?
Trump Effect: Pentagon Will Stop Buying Russian Helicopters
The Pentagon has notified Congress that it plans to stop buying Russian Mi17 helicopters for Afghanistan and will start buying American helicopters, according to Radio Free Europe.
The purchase of U.S. military helicopters for Afghani operations has long been sought by members of Congress, but it didn’t happen until Republican President-elect Donald Trump won the election on Nov. 8.
“I’ll never understand why the U.S. government sent taxpayer money to Russia for helicopters in Afghanistan while Russia was supporting the Assad regime in Syria and invading eastern Ukraine,” U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, told Radio Free Europe after the decision was made on Friday.
“When the Pentagon buys helicopters, they should be made in America,” said Murphy.
Trump had run on a platform of putting American manufacturers first. Trump has also said he would renegotiate free-trade treaties.
Already, Ford Motor Co. has said it will not move an assembly line in Kentucky to Mexico. Trump’s bully pulpit for American jobs is already being called “the Trump effect.”