Trump wants to make sure U.S. nuclear arsenal at 'top of the pack'
Source: Reuters
Fri Feb 24, 2017 | 7:20am EST
By Steve Holland | WASHINGTON
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the "top of the pack," saying the United States has fallen behind in its weapons capacity.
In a Reuters interview, Trump also said China could solve the national security challenge posed by North Korea "very easily if they want to," ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to exert more influence to rein in Pyongyang's increasingly bellicose actions.
Trump also expressed support for the European Union as a governing body, saying "I'm totally in favor of it," and for the first time as president expressed a preference for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but said he would be satisfied with whatever makes the two sides happy.
Trump also predicted his efforts to pressure NATO allies to pay more for their own defense and ease the burden on the U.S. budget would reap dividends. "They owe a lot of money," he said.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-exclusive-idUSKBN1622IF
Prof Amelia Rumsford
(2 posts)That can't end well.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)perhaps he's been slacking off on the compliments. Or more likely those briefings 45 hates made it clear Putin never was an admirer.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)He is reprehensible.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)groundloop
(11,523 posts)I suppose it shouldn't surprise anyone, but it's definitely an indictment of the right wing in this country. Definitely misplaced priorities.
Matthew28
(1,798 posts)Large and powerful military but everyone else is poorer then shit.
pfitz59
(10,391 posts)he's all over the place here...