“Your strategic imperative is defending the United States,” Twitter CEO Elon Musk responded.
“Your entire mission is to deter an attack on the US homeland, and if there is a war, to effectively and efficiently destroy the enemies of the United States. That’s it,” Jeremy Redfern, deputy press secretary to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and retired explosive ordnance disposal technician in the U.S. Air Force, agreed.
“China will lay down their arms immediately when they see how inclusive the US military is,” a user known by the handle The Redheaded libertarian joked.
Blair Brandt, a political adviser and entrepreneur tweeted, “Absolutely ridiculous and totally unrelated to the quite significant national security threats we face. China and Russia are laughing at you/us and when we encounter big ticket problems, people will look at this moment and posts like this to see where our priorities went wrong.”
They’re doing a lot worse than just laughing at us. Deterrence- and credibility-destroying nonsense like this is part of the “window” China sees to take Taiwan.