mo4ch:>Trump warned of ‘disaster’ if he makes cuts to 2020 defense budget | Mo4ch News
A group of 70 lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to avoid defense cuts that would see a whopping $733 billion budget requested by Pentagon downsized by about 5%, unless he wants to compromise US safety.Facing a federal budget deficit nearing a 6-year high, Trump has ordered the Pentagon to decrease its budget request for the 2020 fiscal year by $33 billion, a small cut to the initial $733 proposal. But not by lawmakers’ standards. 70 have signed a letter to Trump, accusing him of trampling on his own promise to make the US military stronger than ever.Read more “Cuts to defense spending will have disastrous consequences for our military readiness, as was proven by sequestration,” lawmakers wrote in a letter, which is expected to be delivered to Trump by the end of the week.They draw parallels between Trump’s move to slash defense spending to Obama’s administration policy, that, according to the letter, dealt a blow to US military prowess.“This erosion of American military stren…