President Donald Trump's "America First" national security policy speaks to what many Americans would like to see after our nation has struggled to maintain manufacturing jobs, which have been on the short end of trade deals for decades.
It's Trump's approach to combine national security and trade. In this age of cyber security tied directly to economics, security is imperative to all issues that involve sovereignty.
"For the first time, American strategy recognizes that economic security is national security," Trump said. "Economic vitality, growth and prosperity at home is absolutely necessary for American power and influence abroad.
"Any nation that trades away its prosperity for security will end up losing both."
With Trump facing a litany of sexual harassment claims, his administration being under investigation for election tampering and the legitimate question of how seriously our world partners take President Trump as a leader, the citizenry has to question how successful Trump will be in the executive office through the rest of his term.
America has a powerful, technically advanced, well-led military. According to the National Priorities Project, American defense spending is equal to the defense spending of the next seven largest military budgets around the world combined. In 2015, the U.S. spent 54 percent of its discretionary federal budget on defense. Of the $1.6 trillion annually spent across the world on defense, the United States spends $600 billion.
America can't afford to support such a military if trade agreements are as poorly designed as they have been in the past.
Americans should benefit from fair trade agreements. Not only did past trade agreements cost American jobs, they led to upheaval in other nations that were supposed be uplifted due to the policies. The winners of these past trade agreements were the end profitable interests.
With threats from North Korea, Iran and ISIS being real and possibly imminent, the United States must maintain a large combat-ready force. The only way that will change is if totalitarian regimes, one way or another, are replaced by a free populous and parliamentary government.
This, in turn, could create more trade partners.
If the markets are fair, American innovation and its approach to free market economics will lead to success.
It's Trump's approach to combine national security and trade. In this age of cyber security tied directly to economics, security is imperative to all issues that involve sovereignty.
"For the first time, American strategy recognizes that economic security is national security," Trump said. "Economic vitality, growth and prosperity at home is absolutely necessary for American power and influence abroad.
"Any nation that trades away its prosperity for security will end up losing both."
With Trump facing a litany of sexual harassment claims, his administration being under investigation for election tampering and the legitimate question of how seriously our world partners take President Trump as a leader, the citizenry has to question how successful Trump will be in the executive office through the rest of his term.
America has a powerful, technically advanced, well-led military. According to the National Priorities Project, American defense spending is equal to the defense spending of the next seven largest military budgets around the world combined. In 2015, the U.S. spent 54 percent of its discretionary federal budget on defense. Of the $1.6 trillion annually spent across the world on defense, the United States spends $600 billion.
America can't afford to support such a military if trade agreements are as poorly designed as they have been in the past.
Americans should benefit from fair trade agreements. Not only did past trade agreements cost American jobs, they led to upheaval in other nations that were supposed be uplifted due to the policies. The winners of these past trade agreements were the end profitable interests.
With threats from North Korea, Iran and ISIS being real and possibly imminent, the United States must maintain a large combat-ready force. The only way that will change is if totalitarian regimes, one way or another, are replaced by a free populous and parliamentary government.
This, in turn, could create more trade partners.
If the markets are fair, American innovation and its approach to free market economics will lead to success.
