Trump: We Had Military Planes That 'Didn't Fly' Before My Presidency
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Tuesday boasted about his efforts to "re-build" the US military.
President Trump on Tuesday suggested that the US military was insufficiently equipped and woefully underfunded before he took office. In a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Trump said: "We were being depleted under the last administration. We had planes that were old and tired, and didn't fly, in some cases."
"This is the United States; it doesn't happen," he continued. "We make the greatest planes in the world, and missiles in the world. And we have enhanced, to put it mildly, our military. It's literally being rebuilt, as we speak, with literally hundreds and hundreds of planes and missiles, and everything that you can imagine. They never had it so good because I got, in Congress, $700 billion this year; $716 billion last year. That's far more than they ever anticipated."
That is not the first time Trump has made such a comment. In February, he tweeted: "Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything — and more. First time this has happened in a long time."
President Trump on Tuesday suggested that the US military was insufficiently equipped and woefully underfunded before he took office. In a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Trump said: "We were being depleted under the last administration. We had planes that were old and tired, and didn't fly, in some cases."
"This is the United States; it doesn't happen," he continued. "We make the greatest planes in the world, and missiles in the world. And we have enhanced, to put it mildly, our military. It's literally being rebuilt, as we speak, with literally hundreds and hundreds of planes and missiles, and everything that you can imagine. They never had it so good because I got, in Congress, $700 billion this year; $716 billion last year. That's far more than they ever anticipated."
That is not the first time Trump has made such a comment. In February, he tweeted: "Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything — and more. First time this has happened in a long time."