The Pentagon pauses arms shipments to Ukraine. Trump turns them back on. Are we getting ready for China or what? What happened to AMERICA FIRST!

 via Military Times.

The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

The weapons heading into Ukraine include 155mm munitions and precision-guided rockets known as GMLRS, two officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not been announced publicly. It’s unclear exactly when the weapons started moving.

Editor's note.  Don't believe the above.  The Trump administration goes after leakers with a vengeance.  If you don't believe this was an "allowed" and "encouraged" leak to chill out the MAGA crowd then you're smoking crack.

My suspicion?  The real weapons being sent include those that are necessary to fight China in the NEAR future.  The article continues...

 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the pause on some shipments last week to allow the Pentagon to assess its weapons stockpiles, in a move that caught the White House by surprise.

Affected were Patriot missiles, the precision-guided GMLRS, Hellfire missiles, Howitzer rounds and more, taking not only Ukrainian officials and other allies by surprise but also U.S. lawmakers and other parts of the Trump administration, including the State Department.

Editor's note.  Those taken by surprise are the "forever war goons" that pop woodies when thinking about sending young men to war.  Fuck them forever but what I don't understand is how these people hold sway in the Trump administration!

 Trump has privately expressed frustration with Pentagon officials for announcing the pause — a move that he felt wasn’t properly coordinated with the White House, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Editor's note.  Trump is lying his ass off.  No disrespect to the current SecDef but that dude ain't taking a shit without asking permission first.  Trump is catching fire from his base and he's deflecting it (in a weird ass way) to his SecDef.

If I was in that position and got backdoored like this I would resign.  If he does it on something this simple...on a move that reflects his STATED goals and VALUES, then bigger shit would have me in jail.  Fuck that.  Grab the life raft before the ship sinks.

Story here.