Trump calls for $1.5 trillion military budget

[kyzr]

I support all of that... but China must be dealt with... that nation has had it coming for a long time... they are already killing Americans daily...

Wall Street created the China problem, they need to tame it. But they won't, too much money to be made.
The bottom line is that the Chinese military isn't battle tested so has unknown capabilities.
We'll see how it does if it tries to take Taiwan.

I assume you are referring to fentanyl produced in China as the mechanism used to Kill Americans every day"?
Can Trump get Xi to stop it? We'll see. I doubt it, money talks.

 

[leftwinger]

//* finally. Make Mexico pay for decades of damages dumped onto the USA *//

President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview that aired Thursday that the U.S. military could begin land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico.

“We’ve knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in by water. And we are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels,

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/trump-us-military-cartels-mexico-land.html

 

[rightwinger]

Wall Street created the China problem, they need to tame it. But they won't, too much money to be made.
The bottom line is that the Chinese military isn't battle tested so has unknown capabilities.
We'll see how it does if it tries to take Taiwan.

I assume you are referring to fentanyl produced in China as the mechanism used to Kill Americans every day"?
Can Trump get Xi to stop it? We'll see. I doubt it, money talks.

China hasn’t fought a major war in 70 years
An amphibious invasion is the toughest tactic to accomplish

I doubt if they could take Taiwan

 

[Sunsettommy]

The American Navy is built to play games with many nations shorelines and "police" action against anyone who gets in their way of establishing an empire.

The Chinese is Navy is built to defend their homeland and control the region as part of that defense.

The Russian Navy is built to defend their homeland.

Both China and Russia have built weapon systems designed to sink ships which America has little defense again at this time.

The Houthis defeated the American Navy without sinking any of the ships because all they did was deplete their inventory of small missiles defending against drones and small missiles sent against them forcing them to back off.

America is going to fail to defend Taiwan because the Navy can't get close enough to do anything without sustaining big losses.

Here is what Russia and China did to be considered the top two largest militaries and best equipped on the planet and did with far less money spent.

Russia Military Power Ranking 2025​

MPR Rank: 1st

China Military Power Ranking 2025​

MPR Rank: 2nd

America is #3

In the website is the explanation why they made the rankings.

Military Power Rankings (MPR)​

LINK

 

[Mac-7]

Up from $900 billion.
We already spend more than the next eight countries combined
This is how Trump plans to spend his tariff money

Trump calls for US military spending to rise more than 50% to $1.5tn

The president also called on defence firms to increase production or face a crackdown on payouts.

www.bbc.com

President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he called "these very troubled and dangerous times".

That would be more than 50% higher than this year's $901bn budget, which was approved by Congress in December.

"This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe," Trump said on social media on Wednesday.

Our soldiers need the extra money

Lib demands that we fund Ukraine which I support

Plus a looming war with communist china demand that we give our troops the best weapons money can buy

 

[Sunsettommy]

China hasn’t fought a major war in 70 years
An amphibious invasion is the toughest tactic to accomplish

I doubt if they could take Taiwan

No they can take Taiwan easily as they are just 200 miles off the Chinese coast by just blockading them into submission while taking out the air defenses.

This is why they have been practicing running their Navy and airforce around the small island a lot lately.

 

[Mac-7]

No they can take Taiwan easily as they are just 200 miles off the Chinese coast by just blockading them into submission while taking out the air defenses.

This is why they have been practicing running their Navy and airforce around the small island a lot lately.

The commies are bluffing

If they could take over Taiwan they would have already done so

 

[rightwinger]

No they can take Taiwan easily as they are just 200 miles off the Chinese coast by just blockading them into submission while taking out the air defenses.

This is why they have been practicing running their Navy and airforce around the small island a lot lately.

200 miles by sea is a tall order when you face submarines, air attacks, anti ship missiles, mines

 

[Mr Natural]

Lots of good high paying jobs in the defense industry.

 

[Sunsettommy]

The commies are bluffing

If they could take over Taiwan they would have already done so

No you have no idea how strong China is militarily, they have been building towards this goal for many years and will eventually strike as they want their land back.

Here is the page showing how vulnerable Taiwan is to China who has overwhelming power concentration, the rest is in the link and the US Navy will not be able to defend Taiwan well.

Overview​

Taiwan ranks 24th in the 2025 Military Power Rankings (MPR). As a strategically located island facing the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan maintains a defense posture built around asymmetric warfare, missile deterrence, and technological modernization. Although smaller in scale than its primary adversary, Taiwan leverages indigenous arms production, U.S. defense support, and a highly trained military to deny or delay a full-scale amphibious invasion.

Taiwan’s defense strategy emphasizes joint force integration, distributed lethality, and resilience, operating under the assumption that rapid U.S. intervention would be essential in any prolonged conflict. Nonetheless, its ability to survive a full-scale Chinese assault remains severely constrained by geography, logistics, and the PLA’s overwhelming numerical and air-sea dominance.

LINK

 

[Sunsettommy]

200 miles by sea is a tall order when you face submarines, air attacks, anti ship missiles, mines

You have no idea of the disparity between Taiwan and Chinese militaries and China has a massive missiles advantage including Hyspersonic missiles that Taiwan has ZERO defense against at this time.

 

[Mac-7]

No you have no idea how strong China is militarily, they have been building towards this goal for many years and will eventually strike as they want their land back.

Here is the page showing how vulnerable Taiwan is to China who has overwhelming power concentration, the rest is in the link.

Overview​

Taiwan ranks 24th in the 2025 Military Power Rankings (MPR). As a strategically located island facing the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan maintains a defense posture built around asymmetric warfare, missile deterrence, and technological modernization. Although smaller in scale than its primary adversary, Taiwan leverages indigenous arms production, U.S. defense support, and a highly trained military to deny or delay a full-scale amphibious invasion.

Taiwan’s defense strategy emphasizes joint force integration, distributed lethality, and resilience, operating under the assumption that rapid U.S. intervention would be essential in any prolonged conflict. Nonetheless, its ability to survive a full-scale Chinese assault remains severely constrained by geography, logistics, and the PLA’s overwhelming numerical and air-sea dominance.

LINK

Xi and the CCP are more at risk of being overthrown than democracy in Taiwan is

 

[Sunsettommy]

Xi and the CCP are more at risk of being overthrown than democracy in Taiwan is

Yawnnn what a feeble reply as the Nation is well controlled and now mainly docile as their standard of living has skyrocketed in recent decades as Capitalism was allowed in and limited private ownership that is expanding slowly over time.

The only part that the State owns is the LAND the rest of the country is allowed to be privately owned.

LINK

 

[rightwinger]

You have no idea of the disparity between Taiwan and Chinese militaries and China has a massive missiles advantage including Hyspersonic missiles that Taiwan has ZERO defense against at this time.

China has a 2 million man military
Taiwan has 200,00

But China has to land on an island defended by 200,000

 

[Mac-7]

Yawnnn what a feeble reply as the Nation is well controlled and now mainly docile as their standard of living has skyrocketed in recent decades as Capitalism was allowed in and limited private ownership that is expanding slowly over time.

The only part that the State owns is the LAND the rest of the country is allowed to be privately owned.

LINK

Capitalism rewards America with enough money to give our military better weapons than the socialists have

I like that

 

[JWBooth]

Gotta pick up some Lockheed, Raytheon, and Ingalls stock.

 

[Rambunctious]

Wall Street created the China problem, they need to tame it. But they won't, too much money to be made.
The bottom line is that the Chinese military isn't battle tested so has unknown capabilities.
We'll see how it does if it tries to take Taiwan.

I assume you are referring to fentanyl produced in China as the mechanism used to Kill Americans every day"?
Can Trump get Xi to stop it? We'll see. I doubt it, money talks.

The problem is there is a China problem... we can't ignore it any longer.... a world where this China is the global superpower would mean a devastating economic situation in the USA.... Trump took Venezuela's oil from China's grip and also the Panama Canal... he will next chase them away from Greenland one way or the other... this all should have been done decades ago.... or at the very least after covid...
We are in a geographic war with China... its sad and costly but necessary for US national security....

 

[rightwinger]

The problem is there is a China problem... we can't ignore it any longer.... a world where this China is the global superpower would mean a devastating economic situation in the USA.... Trump took Venezuela's oil from China's grip and also the Panama Canal... he will next chase them away from Greenland one way or the other... this all should have been done decades ago.... or at the very least after covid...
We are in a geographic war with China... its sad and costly but necessary for US national security....

US used to be Leader of the Free World

Trump forfeited that role and it ain’t coming back
China is filling the void

 

[Bitterhook]

Up from $900 billion.
We already spend more than the next eight countries combined
This is how Trump plans to spend his tariff money

Trump calls for US military spending to rise more than 50% to $1.5tn

The president also called on defence firms to increase production or face a crackdown on payouts.

www.bbc.com

President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he called "these very troubled and dangerous times".

That would be more than 50% higher than this year's $901bn budget, which was approved by Congress in December.

"This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe," Trump said on social media on Wednesday.

Awesome, and something the US Constitution specifically indicates is one of the things the federal government is supposed to spend money on.

 

[rightwinger]

Awesome, and something the US Constitution specifically indicates is one of the things the federal government is supposed to spend money on.

Says nothing about being the policeman of the world