Donald Trump speaks on the USS Iowa in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Matthew Gault, Reuters: Donald Trump is right about defense spending – and that should scare you
Donald Trump could be the only presidential candidate talking sense about for the American military’s budget. That should scare everyone.
“I’m gonna build a military that’s gonna be much stronger than it is right now,” the real- estate-mogul-turned-tautological-demagogue said on Meet the Press. “It’s gonna be so strong, nobody’s gonna mess with us. But you know what? We can do it for a lot less.”
He’s right.
U.S. military spending is out of control. The Defense Department budget for 2016 is $573 billion. President Barack Obama’s 2017 proposal ups it to $582 billion. By comparison, China spent around $145 billion and Russia around $40 billion in 2015. Moscow would have spent more, but the falling price of oil, sanctions and the ensuing economic crisis stayed its hand.
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WNU Editor: Even if Donald Trump is elected President .... and proposes a major re-organization of the Pentagon on how and what it buys .... Congress will ignore him, and it will be done in a bi-partisan manner. But it is going to be fun to watch the debate .... a debate that is long overdue.
3 comments:
Well, the discussion might even revolve around what the US requires to defend the nation, rather than to subdue the world. That would be nice, and quite a cost savings.
China wants to subdue it neighbors. With 5 trillion dollars passing through the SCS, someone must gather the wagons, before it is to late.
A capitalist needs to take on the military intelligence congressional industrial complex. President Trump is the one. His winning campaign has been done with less money and fewer staff.
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