“Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.”That is one of the slogans apparently under consideration by US military leaders in a bid to capitalize off of the assasination of Charlie Kirk to help boost recruitment numbers. Aside from hardware being nearly useless in Ukraine, humiliated by the Houthis, and expensive and overmatched against Iran, Trump’s June military parade was a reminder of the armed forces decline. Kirk’s death isn’t going to help there, but it could prove useful in other areas. And they think Kirk’s death can help them get there. In reality, the best the armed forces can hope for is probably that Trump continues to wreck the economy.