Trump Says Military Will Be Paid Despite Shutdown

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https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/11/trump-says-military-will-be-paid-despite-shutdown/

Trump Says Military Will Be Paid Despite Shutdown
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

“President Trump said he had directed the Pentagon to pay military servicemembers next week, with the government shutdown expected to continue amid an impasse in Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ‘use all available funds’ to make sure troops receive their paychecks on Oct. 15. Military servicemembers have been expected next week to miss their first full paychecks since the shutdown began.”

Politico: “To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use money Congress made available for two years.”

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1. 'Says?'

Any bets?

[C_U_L8R]

2. Trump breaks the government

then proceeds to smash the leftover pieces into tiny bits.
He's such a moron.

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3. He will just take 8 billion dollars

that was appropriated by Congress for research and development at the Pentagon and "they" will let him.

Krasnov wants to show everyone that he controls the purse strings.

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4. Trying to avoid

Troops becoming angry with him?

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5. Keep an eye on your accounts..it's not what he says, it's what he does