Advisers of the candidate in US presidents from Republican party of Donald trump — a potential head of the Pentagon Jeff sessions and possible Secretary of the Navy Randy Forbes told about how a politician is going to solve the issues of defence in case of a victory on elections, transfers on Monday to The Defense News.
According to them, trump professes the concept of “Peace through strength”. He intends to restore the old alliances, make new friends and pursue a more realistic foreign policy than that pursued by the current US administration. A Republican believes that in recent years the American armed forces have degraded and need restoration in order to defend the national interests of the country.
First of all, say advisers, trump will focus on the destruction of the terrorist organization DAYS* directly threatening the United States. Future plans include a ban on the entry of people who may pose a risk for the country, increased spending on cybersecurity, increasing the size of the army from 480 to 540 thousand people, the number of ships — from 272 to 350 (with an emphasis on submarines), the number of marine corps — from 180 to 200 thousand.
With regard to relations with Russia, said the sessions, they are “monstrously worse” during the current administration, and during his stay of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of state. “It is a colossal failure. I don’t know if this is correct, but we must try. If viewed from the perspective of realism and national interests, the relationship between the US and Russia need to become more harmonious than now,” added the adviser.
According to him, trump doesn’t believe in war, believes that it is a bad and destructive thing, killing and adversely affecting the economy. “Look what happened with Syria and Libya. Egypt still reeling from the rule of “Muslim brothers”, Iraq is just beginning to rise. Exactly, Hillary Clinton was sending our troops there against the advice of the military,” noted sessions.
*DAISH is the Arabic acronym for “Islamic state”, declared a terrorist organization and prohibited in Russia in accordance with the decision of the Supreme court AKPI 14-1424С from December 29, 2014.
