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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Well, it's not as though there would have been any defence spending cuts under Clinton. One of the stranger new political configurations we're seeing is the emergence of an isolationist right that is more likely to cut down on U.S. overseas military commitments than the Democrats.
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The problem with that is the one area that Trump has pledged to increase military spending while cutting other areas. Clinton had hawkish rhetoric during her days as SOS, however military spending had started to decline under Obama during the last years of his presidency. Trump may play the role of the idiot well, but I doubt anyone in the GOP is stupid enough to ignore that military spending in the United States plays very well with the voters, in particular those in the more traditionally conservative areas.