[flaglady47]

Trump is on the horns of a dilemma. He has to have the military buildup funding right away, which is why he will sign this bill. Trump is preparing for the inevitable eventuality that he will need to initiate a preemptive strike against North Korea in the very imminent future. (Hence his hiring of John Bolton as his National Security Advisor, his being a N. Korea policy hawk.) Trump must have that military funding in place, and thus he will not veto this bill.

It’s all about priorities, and North Korea, with its immediate dangers, trumps (pardon the pun) all. Trump is practical and realistic and knows what his priorities must be. So be it.

[Badboo]

Forgive me for being obtuse, but I fail to see the need for an army if the marxist/fascists already control America domestically.

[ZULU]

Understood. But Trump better have a plan up his sleeve to screw up the rest of that bill or he and the GOP are finished. Stopping rocket man from going nuclear is simply not worth losing our Republic. Enough maniacs have the bomb already and there is no assurance the Dems and RINOS would even approve military action anyway.
Maybe he setting up the RINOs.

[central_va]

We need to de-fund the Army. It is used as a globalist tool while our own border is trampled upon. A standing army is a domestic threat to freedom. It is just there for intimidation purposes.

We need a very strong omnipresent Navy but the Army needs to die.