Trump Signs Massive Defense Bill: Biggest Pay Raise For Soldiers In Nine Years

Obama was in my opinion one of the BEST president's in my lifetime. That is just my opinion.

 

Pay raise to troops 2 months before midterms lol. You guys are too easy, seriously. Could have done this on day 1. Gotta love how easily the military can be exploited for political points, especially with the cultists.

 

I was an LBJ draftee slave. After that yasshole was gone it took Nixon two years to get a decent raise through but I was out.

 

He is a war hero, but not because he was captured, he's a war hero because he served his country and sacrificed himself for his fellow soldiers, but trump is too stupid and and dumb to even comprehend what a hero is by definition.

 

Obama was not great, but he was far from the worst. Ditto Slick Willie.

 

Thank you for your service.

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT: China is really not happy with Trump’s $716 billion defense spending bill.

The bill received widespread bipartisan backing in Congress, amid a growing acknowledgment that the U.S. is facing an increased threat from Russia and China.

The bill is considered particularly tough on China, targeting several areas of concern for the Pentagon, including the increased Chinese military activity in the South China Sea, Beijing’s pursuit of cutting-edge U.S. technology and the spread of Communist Party propaganda at American institutions.

China’s commerce, defense and foreign ministries all issued statements slamming the bill’s proposals.

The commerce ministry focused on a ban on Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE. The U.S. government and government contractors will now largely be blocked from using the companies’ products in the future, though in non-critical systems some products will still be allowed.

China’s foreign ministry pointed out that the act was passed despite Beijing’s strong objections, and it was dissatisfied with the “negative content related to China.”​

I remember the Kremlin protesting Reagan’s defense budgets, and look how that turned out.