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Why, let's include everyone who pays their taxes to support those dronings. Every American citizen who isn't evading taxes is evil

Oh no I'm defending Trump, get me out of here

As far as I know, Trump paid all the taxes that he was legally required to pay.

Taxes don't pay for federal government spending. So you don't even need to pay taxes to be culpable.

So causing casualties while waging war is morally equivalent to assassinating domestic political opponents and agitators?

Irrelevant; the United States did assassinate domestic political opponents and agitators.