Jackie Care

The Arsenal of Freedom? BAHAHAHAHA! Pete, this is coming from a Secretary of Defense who apparently doesn’t understand how to manage an arsenal, much less rebuild one. Your war of choice against Iran has consumed an estimated half to two-thirds of our inventory of certain missile-defense interceptors. The Pentagon’s own Inspector General identified strategic ammunition shortages and serious production bottlenecks. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that replacing certain interceptors will take at least five years, even with increased production. Now let’s talk about your other ridiculous claims. AMERICAN WORKERS? American manufacturing lost approximately 113,000 jobs in 2025. Even after this year’s partial recovery, manufacturing employment in September 2026 remained approximately 41,000 jobs below its December 2024 level. AMERICAN JOBS? Your administration has produced only about 728,000 net jobs across the entire economy through September 2026. That’s hardly the employment renaissance you’re advertising. AMERICAN MANUFACTURING? Your administration’s tariffs have increased costs for American manufacturers that depend on imported materials, components, and equipment. Announcing factories, promising investments, and delivering speeches aren’t the same as actually producing jobs. American workers built our defense industrial base long before you arrived. American taxpayers financed it. And your administration has spent billions depleting critical weapons stockpiles in a war it chose to start. An arsenal isn’t a campaign slogan, Pete. It’s a strategic national asset requiring competent leadership, long-term planning, reliable supply chains, and accountability. Perhaps you should figure out how to manage the arsenal we already have before taking credit for rebuilding American manufacturing.