With Trump facing China, America needs more weapons
President Donald Trump’s chief objective in his forthcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping should be to preserve peace in the Pacific. In the long run, that will require fixing America’s anemic defense industrial base.
TL;DR
- Trump's main objective in the summit with Xi Jinping should be to preserve peace in the Pacific.
- Fixing America's weak defense industrial base is crucial for long-term peace.
- Recent U.S. military operations in Venezuela and Iran demonstrated American military strength and sophistication.
- These operations, while successful, have drained the nation's stockpile of armaments.
- China values hard power over political predictions from pundits.