Donald Trump pledges to make other countries pay for military help and fund expanded defence budget with ‘revved up economy’

Donald Trump pledges to make other countries pay for military help and fund expanded defence budget with ‘revved up economy’

US President Donald Trump was on Tuesday in an interview with Fox and Friends, discussing his first major speech to Congress. When asked how the US country would fund a $54bn spending boost to the military which Mr Trump outlined in a budget sent to Congress on Monday.

Donald Trump said the money to fund a major boost to defence spending will come partly from a ‘revved-up economy’ and reimbursements from foreign countries where the US provides military assistance.

“We will be having the greatest military we have ever had when I’m finished,” he said.

“The money’s going to come from a revved up economy,” he said.

“We’re going to be doing things having to do with other countries even militarily, because we’re treated very unfairly. When we help them even militarily, we’re going to ask for a form of reimbursement,” he added. “We have countries where we’re taking care of their militaries and we’re not being reimbursed.”

He also vowed to renegotiate military contracts and to cut the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Mr Trump said he would be discussing Obamacare and border control during his speech in front of Congress, which will be an opportunity for him to outline his policy agenda.

“We’re getting the bad people, drug lords, gang members,” he said. “When they show people being taken out, these people are, we’re looking at the bad ones.”

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