Trump asked congressmen not to cut the military budget because of the threat from Russia and China

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Russia and China are at this stage opponents of the United States, challenging American interests, the economy and values, reports TASS Statement by US President Donald Trump.



In the world, we are confronted with rogue regimes, terrorist groups and rivals like China and Russia that challenge our interests, our economy and our values,
Trump said, speaking with an annual message to the US Congress "On the situation of the country."

According to him, America needs to upgrade its nuclear arsenal.

We must modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal, relying on the fact that we will never have to use it, but making it so powerful that it will contain any acts of aggression,
declared the president.

He noted that at this stage the idea of ​​a nuclear-free world is unattainable.

Perhaps in the future a magical moment will come when the countries of the world will unite to eliminate nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, we have not come to this yet,
said trump.

He also spoke out against cuts in the country's defense budget.

I ask the US Congress to stop the practice of sequestering the US military budget and fully fund our military,
said the president.

The agency recalls that the threat of military budget sequestration arose from the fact that the Republicans and Democrats could not agree among themselves on the approval of a full-fledged budget for the 2018 fiscal year, which began even 4 a month ago. So that the government’s activity has not stopped, lawmakers are forced to enact laws on the temporary financing of federal ministries and departments. The validity of the next (already the fourth) delay expires on February 8.

As for the Pentagon, members of Congress at the end of 2017 of the year approved the country's maximum level of military spending in the amount of almost $ 700 billion for the current fiscal year. However, the bill on the allocation of these funds has not yet been approved.
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  1. +4
    31 January 2018 09: 26
    Most likely Trump with gunsmiths in shares. Feels the soil. Just a little more and the American media will sing praises to the new president.
    1. +10
      31 January 2018 09: 28
      If the military budget is cut, the Amer’s defense industry will cut the trampadura.
      1. +7
        31 January 2018 09: 42
        Quote: vlad66
        If the military budget is cut, the Amer’s defense industry will cut the trampadura.

        Lobbyists have always been strong in the states! Especially the gunsmiths ... Rallying with the industrialists, they are dancing Amerz politics!
        1. +8
          31 January 2018 09: 47
          Quote: Anarchist
          Lobbyists have always been strong in the states!

          Sanya, they have everything within the law. request our corrupt officials and did not stand next to them. drinks
          1. +7
            31 January 2018 09: 50
            We also have proposals to legitimize lobbyists. And I'm afraid that the attempts will not stop!
            1. +7
              31 January 2018 09: 52
              Quote: Anarchist
              I'm afraid that the attempts will not stop!

              Not only will not stop, but also strengthen. request
              1. +7
                31 January 2018 10: 03
                And there Medvedev and Chubais ... No matter how bad things happened!
                1. +8
                  31 January 2018 10: 13
                  Quote: Anarchist
                  And there Medvedev and Chubais ... No matter how bad things happened!

                  Sanya is a bear under sanctions, but there is no Chubaiser, so understand what you like, who is friend and who is enemy. bully what
                  1. +2
                    31 January 2018 11: 05
                    They can also mask.
                    1. +6
                      31 January 2018 11: 12
                      Duc and Putin are not under sanctions! These Yankees are cunning of something ...
                      1. +2
                        31 January 2018 11: 28
                        The list is called - "Putin's Friends List."
    2. +1
      31 January 2018 10: 05
      Quote: BerBer
      Most likely Trump with gunsmiths in shares. Feels the soil. Just a little more and the American media will sing praises to the new president.

      I think Trump realized that one in the field is not a warrior. And the best allies in the struggle "for a bright future for the United States" are the military.
      1. +1
        31 January 2018 13: 28
        And industrialists. And against speculators. It turns out the real economy against the paper.
  2. +1
    31 January 2018 09: 26
    They have values, you know. And what are these values ​​America has provided civilization? Sense from them, as with a goat of milk. The violinist is not needed.
  3. +1
    31 January 2018 09: 28
    Trump asked congressmen not to cut the military budget because of the threat from Russia and China
    as in that heroic poem: So believe the people after that ... I loved him by the moon, And he took my girl's breasts ... And knotted him on the back!
  4. +1
    31 January 2018 09: 28
    Perhaps in the future a magical moment will come when the countries of the world will unite to eliminate the criminal community called "USA". Unfortunately, we have not come to this yet.
  5. +2
    31 January 2018 09: 34
    It seems that the Americans began to repeat the mistake of the Soviet Union, began to increase the military budget fool . What this will lead to is a look later. Yes
    1. +1
      31 January 2018 16: 47
      Quote: Simon
      It seems that the Americans began to repeat the mistake of the Soviet Union, began to increase the military budget. What this will lead to is a look later.

      It is likely that this will be so:

      Unbeknownst to comrades, what is starvation and devastation, here they are greyhound.
  6. 0
    31 January 2018 09: 34
    They chose a person who doesn’t rummage in war. The US president should always be a military man. A priori. This applies to everyone. Only a military man can restore order between chaos and order. A trump lapdog is in the hands of his allies. "Dawn of Amber." Founding Fathers. The entire series is "The Chronicles of Amber." Do not look for a movie. There is none. It is Roger Zhelyazny. Who knows, he will understand.
  7. 0
    31 January 2018 09: 37
    They either want to cut dough or kill their under-state, ???? recourse hope they don’t have to use nuclear weapons smile once a year RAKE SHOOT Yes
  8. 0
    31 January 2018 09: 51
    Well-done guys cut the banal cut, the main thing is more expensive novelties with the subsequent inability to use
  9. 0
    31 January 2018 10: 05
    If such money is allocated, it means they will build ships, planes, missiles. But after all, overproduction will certainly not be allowed. The foreign market is limited. The amount of weapons that they can not produce can not be bought. That means it will explode somewhere. Therefore, we need to keep gunpowder dry .
  10. 0
    31 January 2018 10: 31
    And where is the DPRK? Not a threat anymore? They would have added it too, look at the more money you got for the defense industry.
  11. 0
    31 January 2018 13: 32
    Do not play the fool America, do not offend anyone they say! Trump, so so fearful? Never mind that Russia is preparing an assault on your continent, it’s better to play golf, or talk to Putin.
  12. 0
    31 January 2018 13: 48
    Actually, he keeps his promises. No wonder the armed forces mainly voted for him.
  13. 0
    31 January 2018 20: 23
    I wonder what will be of me? Warheads? Minitman? Trident?

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