The Washington Post endorses Trump's call for a 50% increase in the military budget, to $1.5 trillion. And it has to happen now, before Democrats get back into power, because they'll want more social spending as well--"which the nation cannot afford."
https://fair.org/home/wapo-so-worried-about-deficit-it-wants-to-increase-pentagon-budget-by-half/
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