Chris Matthews asked Trump what he'll do to make US military No. 1 again?

[Octafish]

Tweety couldn't be more obvious: All he and his employers want is more Reagan Trickle Down Welfare for Warmongers. He tossed the bankrupt NAZI Drumpf a softball and let him ramble about a general he knows who says, "Yeah, we need more stuff to deal with Isis or whatever." Blah blah analysis by a panel that it will make America Trump again. All personality, nothing that matters, which explains why all the low information voters. Chuck Todd told his "Buddy" Tweety to let him finish talking so he could puff up Trump properly. Nothing going to Tweety and Pentagon question: Why all the wars?

Almost forgot: Tweety, the US military hasn't been second to anyone since 1776.

[hibbing]

1. 700 ship navy!!

What do we do, already spend 10 times as much as the 9 other top spending countries in the world combined?


Peace

[Octafish]

5. Even 7,000 not enough to be world's policeman.

Add in the wars without end and the DoD budget runs about $600 billion per.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states/

And the under 600 ship Navy doing the job now is breaking the bank to stay afloat.

Taxes need to be paid and new missions using what we got. Have em play Defense, like intended.

The nation has a few other pressing matters for action. Good jobs. Good schools. Good water, for examples.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Well, more like 1815

We got a bit of a spanking in 1814 from the British. Fortunately for us, they were kind of busy with Napoleon, or we might have had a short stint as a country.

Oops, I meant 1815, not 1813, and 1814, not 1812.

[Octafish]

6. Napoleon set the table for what followed for centuries.

History usually is written by the victor. I'm a proponent for maintaining the strongest military might in the world. We need to be smarter how we do it.



For starters: War should not be a for-profit enterprise in a democracy.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. Also, we need to spend money more wisely

Trillion dollar fighters that can't outperform an F-16 should not be bought.

[HooptieWagon]

3. Actually, the US Military wasn't #1 until WW2.

[GreatGazoo]

10. We had a great navy in the early 1800s

[HooptieWagon]

11. Their heroics far outweighed the size.

Much smaller than England, France, and Spain then.

[BeyondGeography]

4. We spend more on defense than the next eight nations combined

Of all Trump's canards, this is the canardiest.

[world wide wally]

7. Trump said our military is a "laughing stock"

I have yet to see one country "laugh" at our military

[CrawlingChaos]

9. K&R