To defend the country: the White house announced the cause of the increase in the defense budget of the United States
The increase in the defence budget of the United States, which announced President Donald trumpneeded to restore the infrastructure of the armed forces and carried out to fulfil its campaign promises.
About it reports UKRINFORM.
“The upper limit on defense spending now stands at $ 603 billion, $ 54 billion more than before. This is the largest increase (in defense spending – ed.) in history,” – said the head of the office of management and budget Mick Mulvaney.
He confirmed that this will happen through foreign aid.
“The President wants to protect the country and do it that way, just like every American family does over the past few years, setting priorities for their spending,” said Mulvaney.
Work on updating the budget will last until March 16.
White house spokesman Sean Spicer noted that the increase in the defence budget should not lead to the emergence of a new arms race.
We would add that the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on armed services John McCain argues that the White house announced that the President intends to invite a military budget of $ 603 billion.
“Yes, the budget will increase by $ 18.5 billion compared to the level proposed by President Obama for the 2018 fiscal year. In other words, the President trump intends to provide the defence budget, which is just three percent more of the defense budget President Obama, which left our military underfunded,” reads the statement of the Senator.
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Recall that the White house intends to cut funding for several government agencies, including US Federal agencies for the protection of the environment.
No change should remain the cost of the program of preferential social security and health insurance.
The President of the United States Donald trump wants to seriously increase funding and substantially modernize the Armed forces of the United States to maintain its military leadership in the world.
“We are updating our military power, offensive or defensive, all of it. It will be bigger, better and stronger than ever before,” said the US President.
According to him, nobody in the world wants to wrestle with US.