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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.

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Pentagon casualties, metric improvement, and Fat Leonard’s least dignified phase.

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A State Department map that relocated most of Africa, one ambitious government travel card, and 5,200 medical students moved from dorms that definitely do not have mold.

Trump strikes deal to buy precision missiles from North Korea

Pyongyang promises delivery within 60 days, beating Lockheed Martin by approximately 11 years.

Trump strikes deal to buy precision missiles from North Korea

PYONGYANG — North Korea has agreed to provide thousands of precision-guided missiles to the U.S. military amid dwindling missile inventories from the Iran War, President Donald Trump announced today.

“Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un of North Korea, I am happy with the fact that he has agreed to send us ADVANCED WEAPONRY,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.

“Unlike South Korea, which I recently offered the tremendous HONOR of becoming our 52nd state after Canada and they said ‘no thanks,’” Trump wrote. “VERY HOSTILE!”

As part of the deal, Pyongyang would also provide intelligence support and drone aircraft. In exchange, American technology companies would be required to hire many more North Korean hackers than they already employ. Additionally, Trump announced a 35% tariff on South Korean weapons designed to defend against North Korea.

U.S. acquisition officials said North Korea was selected after promising delivery within 60 days, beating Lockheed Martin’s proposal by approximately 11 years. Raytheon has already signaled that it would protest the contract, arguing it could produce equivalent missiles at 400 times the price if given seven years and $22.9 billion.

The deal was approved after Pyongyang submitted the only bid that did not contain the phrase “initial low-rate production capability in FY34.”

“They make missiles. Lots of missiles. Very fast. No environmental review, no union delays, no DEI,” Trump said. “Frankly, we could learn something from them. Their workers never complain, and almost none of them quit."

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