Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s U.S. military buildup plan would cost hundreds of billions of dollars - but with no apparent strategy, defense experts from across the political spectrum said on Thursday. It’s just a kind of wish-fulfillment.”Asked to comment on the criticism, a Trump campaign adviser merely repeated Trump's plan. There were no cost estimates and Trump proposed revenue-raising steps that budget experts called insufficient. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated that lifting the cap would cost $450 billion over 10 years. Zakheim, who opposes a Trump presidency, estimates that Trump’s plan would boost defense spending by roughly $300 billion over five years.

Source: Thanhnien News September 08, 2016 23:37 UTC