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As comments quickly pointed out, there is no evidence of this $250b number. The account that posted this deleted it presumably because it’s a lie.

https://nitter.net/NotKreg/status/1943309615153766622#m

The most recent similar proposed legislation was in May 2024 and was indeed supported by Ted Cruz. While not specified explicitly, my understanding is that the total value of this would be around $15b but it has not passed.

$3b did pass via the FY 2025 omnibus and a further ~$12b of value provided via executive orders with Trump and Marco Rubio.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/us-news/white-house-strongly-opposes-bill-that-would-force-arms-shipments-to-israel/

I was thinking about deleting this post but I also want to own up to my mistake. I fell for bait while browsing memes, failing to critically think about the numbers involved. Thanks all who keep each other accountable I feel it’s an important lesson.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

And sadly most of Texas will still vote for him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So not only his homeland is suffering, but he wants to double all the money Israel received from US since 1959 in an instant?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

the number is misinformation, i apologize for the confusion. see the body text of the post for more info.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Opportunity to blow kids up or save kids. Hmmmm

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

Good to see the OP owned it, it happens. Ted Cruz is a Zionist sympathizer, foreign country first actor, so I could see this happening.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

As much as I hate Ted Cruz, I can’t find another source on this… $250 billion is a quarter of the entire new military budget after last week’s bill passed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you! You are indeed correct and I have updated the post.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

This is why I love Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

Thanks! You’re very correct; I’be updated the post and apologize for my failure!