Trump in strategy document to cite China, Russia as competitors

[mia]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will declare that China and Russia are competitors seeking to challenge U.S. power and erode its security and prosperity, in a national security strategy he will lay out in a speech on Monday.

“They are determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence,” according to excerpts of Trump’s strategy released by the White House.

The strategy, a product of months of deliberations by the president and his top advisers, does not repeat former President Barack Obama’s 2016 description of climate change as a U.S. national security threat, aides said.

Trump has vowed to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord unless changes are made to it. “The United States will continue to advance an approach that balances energy security, economic development, and environmental protection,” the document will say....

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-nationalsecurity/trump-in-strategy-document-to-cite-china-russia-as-competitors-idUSKBN1EC109

[Javaman]

1. tRUmp shuffles paper quickly and shows he's doing stuff...

"look I can appear to be presidential and not someones puppet!"

[notdarkyet]

2. Projecting much?

They are determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence,”

How much did our military budget increase?

Rank Country Spending ($ Bn.)
1 United States 597.5
2 China 145.8
3 Saudi Arabia 81.9
4 Russia 65.6
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List of countries by military expenditures - Wikipedia

[dhill926]

3. Exactly...

[notdarkyet]

4. This years budget:

The Senate passed a roughly $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Monday but failed to include an amendment that would have eliminated the automatic spending cuts under the controversial sequester mechanism.

The NDAA, which sets forth the Pentagon's budget and major programs for the next fiscal year, does authorize an additional $8.5 billion for the Missile Defense Agency to strengthen homeland, regional and space missile defense. That authorization is $630 million above the Trump administration's request.