Originally Posted By: OakAsFan
Interesting that Trump is increasing defense spending, considering someone in here was saying Trump was anti-war. The buyer's remorse from anti-war libertarians has to be kicking in about now. I posted his short list for cabinet appointments, full of Wall Street people and Bush cronies. Draining the swamp? He just shoved a plug in the drain, and turned the same murky water back on.


He's always said he wanted to increase defense spending.
Increasing defense spending doesn't necessarily mean you want war, and while I don't think he's "anti war", he's just less pro war than Hillary. She's obviously very much an interventionist, as her record proves and it's why many neo cons were behind her.
True, there's also neo cons coopting Trump's administration too. They're not going to go away that easily. They're hedging their bets, In hopes to influence policy.