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.
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.
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.
Thank you! You are indeed correct and I have updated the post.
This is why I love Lemmy!
Yeah, this is all I could find. Seems like 100% misinfo, but would not be surprised if it turned out to be true.
Thanks! You’re very correct; I’be updated the post and apologize for my failure!
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.
And sadly most of Texas will still vote for him.
So not only his homeland is suffering, but he wants to double all the money Israel received from US since 1959 in an instant?
the number is misinformation, i apologize for the confusion. see the body text of the post for more info.
Opportunity to blow kids up or save kids. Hmmmm
![[misinformation 🚨see body text] when im in a kill both your own constituents and children overseas competition against rafael edward cruz 😨😰😨](https://i.imgur.com/esVEk4M.jpeg){kind=link}