I think that’s what this administration want us to think, but in reality

White House officials said that covering the cost of military pay for the first half of October totaled about $6.5 billion. Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the American Enterprise Institute

FFS, could the news media go more than two sentences without treating a right wing hack organization like a serious viewpoint, fuck

Ugh, whatever, sorry for interrupting, do some middle school level math for us Todd

Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, said that based on that figure, the new donation will cover about one-third of one day’s pay for the force.

So, yeah, this is a dumb stunt designed to get us to think they just privatized the military, but it’s actually empty bullshit