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    Giving the Military More Money Won't Make It Win More

    The fallacy at the heart of the new defense budget
    by Dominic Tierney Mar 20, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    Donald Trump’s military policy is a win-win proposition: The United States will win, and then it will win some more. Last week, the White House released its proposed budget, which calls for $639 billion in defense spending—a $54 billion increase from 2017 levels—along with massive cuts for diplomacy and foreign aid. Congress is likely to amend these plans, but they nevertheless signal how the administration views defense policy.

    A core tenet of the emerging Trump doctrine is that more military spending will translate into victory on the battlefield. to the president, “We have to start winning wars again. I have to say, when I was young, in high school and college, everybody used to say: “We will give our military the tools you need to prevent war and, if required, to fight war and only do one thing. You know what that is? Win. Win! We’re gonna start winning again.”

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