President Trump seeks big jump in defense spending

By Ken Bredemeier February 27, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump called Monday for a $54 billion annual increase in defense spending, describing the 10 percent jump as a "landmark event," a message aimed at assuring the world of "American strength, security and resolve."

Speaking to U.S. governors at the White House, Trump said, "We must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war and when called upon to fight in our name, only do one thing, win."

The new president said the United States has to "start winning wars again," recalling that in his youth in the years after World War II, Americans boasted that the country "never lost a war."

"And now we never win a war, we never win," Trump said. "And we don't fight to win; we don't fight to win. So we're either going to win, or don't fight it at all." FOR FULL STORY CLICK HERE