US President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was nothing but a “glorification” of American militarism, according to renowned US politician and thinker Ron Paul.
Paul, a former Republican congressman who has also run for presidency, said in an interview on the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity’s website that all Trump’s plan for expanding the US military was in no way nationalistic.
“It is one thing that the militarism is tied to patriotism and you see this coming together in… a negative way for our government [and] our taxpayer’s money,” Paul said.
During his first address before Congress on Tuesday, Trump urged lawmakers to “fully fund” the US military so that it can face what he referred to as “rogue regimes, terrorist groups, and rivals like China and Russia.”
As a candidate, Trump pledged an ambitious plan to equip the US military with 355 ships, 1,200 Air Force fighter jets and…