I am disturbed by Hanabusa's reflexive support for increased military spending. This increase represents the warped priorities of Trump. He will slash spending on diplomacy, human services and environmental protection in order to shift funds to the military and give taxbreaks to the rich. This is in line with his universe of "alternate facts" where Tomahawk missiles and massive MOAB explosions are preferred over diplomacy, where climate change is a "Chinese hoax" and unemployed people are not the result of technological change and the outsourcing of jobs to cheaper countries, but reflect the laziness poor people. He helps donors in the fossil fuel companies and "defense" contractors. To regular folks, he gives cheap slogans and red ball caps.

Where "the rubber meets the road," Hanabusa appears to share the same framework. Military spending is "good" IF it is spent in Hawaii, even if it may be bad for the overall health of the US economy and the larger society.