Trump Promises Military Build-Up, Bemoans Trillions Spent On War

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 27, 2017, 11:11 AM EDT

During remarks to the nation’s governors, President Donald Trump promised substantial increases in military and national security spending while simultaneously bemoaning trillions of dollars in military spending in the Middle East, which he said had gotten the United States “less than nowhere.”

Trump described his upcoming budget proposal as “a public safety and national security budget" Monday morning. He claimed it would include a “historic increase” in defense spending and said that funding for domestic law enforcement would be “substantially increased.”

Still, in comments that were surprisingly blunt, Trump denounced the United States' 21st century militarism in the Middle East and said he would not fight wars that “we don’t fight to win.”

“We don't fight to win. We don't fight to win. So we either have to win or don't fight it at all,” he said. “But where we are, 17 years, almost 17 years of fighting in the Middle East, we're up – I saw a chart the other day as of about a month ago, $6 trillion we've spent in the Middle East, $6 trillion. And I want to tell you that's just unacceptable.”

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[Sebasdad22]

1. All Paid For By The Poor, And The Middle Class

Get ready to take it in the ass folks.

[iluvtennis]

10. Correct amundo.

[NewJeffCT]

11. but, the huge tax cuts for the wealthiest

will make everybody feel better as it trickles down to everybody else.

[Sebasdad22]

2. And When Trump Pisses Off Every Muslim On The Planet

How much is that gonna cost?

[dalton99a]

3. "Funding for domestic law enforcement would be substantially increased"- to protect the dictatorship

[bucolic_frolic]

4. GOP Congress would be crazy to support this budget

deficits and inflation as far as the eye can see.

Unlike Reagan and Obama, Trump has no slack in the economy. Deficits
will bring on massive and rapid inflation. There is not the labor to do the
work for the deficits he plans to run. Deporting grunt labor is not helping
that equation. Is Trump going to do the work? Has he ever?

[packman]

5. Fearless Leader Protecting Us

well, God bless him. I know I feel safer now.

Signs of a tyrant - protecting his "children" from enemies real and imagined

And as for that $6 trillion - it went somewhere to someone to some corporation - Let us not be naïve Donald.

[Vinca]

6. So our current budget which is more than China and Russia combined is not enough.

I smell war profiteering.

[ananda]

8. Exactly!

With 45 it's always about money for him, his family,
and his super rich cronies.

[briv1016]

13. Actually we spend more than the next 7 countries combined.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/13/barack-obama/obama-us-spends-more-military-next-8-nations-combi/

I guess Donald wants to beat all of them.

[Amishman]

20. It makes a twisted kind of sense that he would want this

Actual war is bad for business.

Preparing for war but not actually fighting is great for business

[logosoco]

7. If there is trillions to be spent...

it won't do much for those paying it if it is spent on the military.
If we are going to go this gung ho on anything, it should be to protect the planet from climate change. We need to use our resources wisely and for something progressive like getting off fossil fuels.
The "last war" was fought to hang on to this short sighted life. We need to change. I don't see the people in the current administration doing anything to change.

[Blue_Tires]

9. But just yesterday he was saying the military needed more funding

and promised a $54 billion ramp-up?

[neeksgeek]

12. so essentially he's saying...

We've thrown so much money at this problem, and that hasn't worked, so let's throw even more money at this problem.

Does it ever occur to him that *maybe* the solution isn't so black-and-white? (It's a rhetorical question.)

[Fast Walker 52]

15. Nope, it's because we "don't know how to win anymore" of course

Which really means he wants to commit warcrimes and genocide.

[DetlefK]

14. The US could easily win in the Middle-East if they would just follow Trump's plan...

You know... The plan he claimed to have during his campaign...

[Fast Walker 52]

17. yeah, whatever happened to that?

[FairWinds]

16. Sane governments base their security spending . .

on careful threat assessment and budgetary analysis.

Just sayin' . .

[Fast Walker 52]

18. we left sanity a LONG time ago....

[left-of-center2012]

19. Trump's 30 day plan