No, they don’t. The US military spending far outpaces any other country. The US spends more than the next 10 countries combined! You don’t “need” that much spending, but your GDP is happy for that extra trillion every year that some day will trickle down for sure wink wink.

In summary, your rhetoric is pure propaganda of conservative talking points, unfortunately.

This is to pressure public opinion so that the remaining members of Congress and Senate vote to enable the ultra rich to pay their fair share.

It’s not meaningless theater, it’s politics, and effective political action.