A $1 Trillion Defense Budget Isn’t Enough
Defense And Security,Defense Spending
From the Right
Opinion
As we’ve been running in place, our enemies have been building capacity.
President Trump likes big round numbers, and he’s endorsed one — $1 trillion — for the U.S. defense budget.
This is the right idea, and we’ll need even more soon enough.
It is the president’s wont to declare national emergencies, whether a given situation warrants it or not, but the state of our defenses is a true crisis. While the Pentagon hasn’t recovered from the post–Cold War drawdown and Obama-era strictures on its spending, foreign threats have been rising.
This disconnect could, in the worst case, result in the United States losing a major war and its great-power status.
National Review (Opinion)
AllSides Media Bias Rating: Right
