The following article by Nicole Lewis was posted on the Washington Post website December 5, 2017:
“We’re at $700 billion for the military. And, you know, they were cutting back for years. They just kept cutting, cutting, cutting the military. And you got lean, to put it nicely. It was depleted, was the word. And now it’s changing.”
— President Trump, remarks to members of the Coast Guard, Nov. 23, 2017
Since taking office, President Trump has repeatedly called for a “rebuilding” of the U.S. military to combat ISIS and “to keep America safe.” On Nov. 16, the Senate backed Trump’s expanded vision for the military when they sent him a defense policy bill, authorizing a significantly increased military budget. The budget, which tops Trump’s initial proposal, includes funding for new equipment and strengthened nuclear defenses. Continue reading “Trump’s claim that ‘they just kept cutting, cutting, cutting the military’ until it was ‘depleted’”