Huge Military Budgets Make Us Broke, Not Safe

"In confronting these horrible dangers," Donald Trump said during his State of the Union, "I'm calling on Congress" to "fully fund our great military." [...]in addition to firing offscary tweets, Trump repeated calls in his State of the Union to "modernize and...

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Published in:Foreign Policy in Focus 2018, p.N_A-N_A
Main Author: Pemberton, Miriam
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Budgets
Bush, George W
Defense spending
Legislatures
National security
Trump, Donald J
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Summary:"In confronting these horrible dangers," Donald Trump said during his State of the Union, "I'm calling on Congress" to "fully fund our great military." [...]in addition to firing offscary tweets, Trump repeated calls in his State of the Union to "modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal," to the tune of $1.7 trillion. Miriam Pemberton is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and an expert on the federal budget.
ISSN:1524-1939