"Trump Promises to Make US Military ‘So Powerful’"

RallyPoint Shared Content — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:39:05 -0400

From: Sputnik News

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pledged at a campaign rally to rebuild the US military to make it so powerful no other nation could challenge the United States.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The stadium can hold 43,000 people, but CNN from aerial coverage estimated the crowd at around 20,000.

“I will rebuild our military, it will be so strong and so great,” Trump told a crowd on Friday at a stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

“It will be so powerful and so great that we will never have to use it, nobody's going to mess with us.”

Trump Says US Defends Competitors Japan, South Korea, Gets Nothing in Return

Donald Trump criticized the US commitment to defend South Korea and Japan without getting anything in return.

The US is obligated to defend Japan if the country comes under attack, Trump said, but under the terms of the defense treaty Japan doesn’t have to come to the aid of the United States.

“Do you think that is a good deal?” he asked a packed crowd at a stadium with a capacity of 43,000 people.

Trump said that the United States was running up enormous trade deficits with Japan and South Korea while defending them, but getting nothing in return.

Trump continues to strongly lead the Republican field in all national and and major state polls.

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Trump Promises to Make US Military ‘So Powerful’

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pledged at a campaign rally to rebuild the US military to make it so powerful no other nation could challenge the United States.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Aug 24 at 2015 1:43 PM

SSG Warren Swan — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:43:56 -0400

Ummmm I'm going to wait till he tells us HOW he's going to make a Military that NO ONE wants to see face to face (or mano e mano) as is better. Money won't make us better, training can do it to a point, but no politician will ever do it. Being great is a state of mind; a belief in something bigger than yourself, and the internal fortitude to make sure the mission is completed. THAT'S why we're GREAT as we are. We do all of that and then some.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 24 at 2015 1:44 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:44:06 -0400

I love the idea, but our power needs to come from elitism (not the negative kind) and technology, not mass numbers. We can do this but we need to be smart and cost-conscious as we do.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 24 at 2015 4:35 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:35:29 -0400

And what is wrong with that?

Response by SPC Jeff Lamica made Aug 24 at 2015 6:50 PM

SPC Jeff Lamica — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:50:49 -0400

Like most have already said, we have the strongest military in the world. With the exception of Russia, and China, which are dubious contenders at best, the top ten militaries in the world are our NATO allies, or friends of ours that we have sold arms, and knowledge to. Congrats Trump, you did it without even trying. Where do people get these ideas that our military, which has fought two wars simultaneously, for over a decade, is somehow weak?

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Aug 24 at 2015 8:26 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:26:42 -0400

Yes but can he solve Afghanistan and Iraq? Or pretend they don't exist?

Response by GySgt Moses Lozano made Aug 24 at 2015 11:54 PM

GySgt Moses Lozano — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:54:02 -0400

Easier said than done by someone who never served in the military.