Boss Joe didn't explicitly say it, but even if Donahue's political sensitivity is low, he understood...
Boss Joe has a surprisingly unique angle on solving problems!
When encountering troubles, trying to solve them shouldn't always be about finding objective reasons and then exhausting yourself on matters that you can't personally change; that can be very tiring.
Sometimes it's more beneficial to become the 'trouble' rather than facing the problem alone.
Donahue can make himself the 'trouble' because the position Boss Joe placed him in determined that fulfilling the Pentagon's consumption target would be very challenging, and thus he became the 'trouble'.
The solution to the trouble is to upgrade the equipment for the synthetic battalion he controls!
The Apache fleet is still undergoing adaptive training in Djibouti. Once the Stryker Armored Vehicle's poor performance is exposed, the Pentagon will have the opportunity to push for more military aid.
