So far Herr Hair wants:

• He wants £54 billion more to the MIC so that makes a total of around $700billion including veterans affairs.
• Promised more tax cuts for the wealthy.
• Promised spending on infrastructure.
• Promised the reduction of the national debt.
• Promised not to touch Social Security or Medicare.
• Then promised to slash government spending [seriously WTF]

Who are we going to threaten to pay for all of this?

• Well the rich are out of the loop, ring fenced by one of their own.
• Multinationals have their profits offshored and are unlikely to repatriate any of it if asked to, horror of horrors, contribute. They'll probably be viscously subjected to tax cuts and pardons anyway.
• The poor have no money.
• The middle class have very little left over at the end of the year.

It doesn't leave much choice, the rest of the world can pay us protection money? If that is the case then I can understand the increase in "defence spending".

It appears that we can bury the false meme of the "fiscal conservative" for good, well that's one positive.

Quite frankly I don't believe one word of it, it just does not add up. Even if you cut out virtually every other department Education, Housing and Agriculture included.

Even if they privatize Medicare and Social Security that brings in nothing especially when coupled to tax cuts for the wealthiest.

That leaves daylight robbery either at home or abroad. BTW I don't think Mexico on its own can cover the tab.

The previous Republican President [aided and abetted by past Democratic ones] nearly brought down the world economy. The Republicans sure seem pissed that they didn't quite manage it last time. Then again history shows us some good examples of what happens during economic collapses, please note "we the people" don't benefit from them just more deeply screwed.

Oh, Trump may get some short term benefit [political] by inflicting long term harm, even dodging the reality bullet through to his second term.

Disaster Capitalism seems to be reaching for some epic goals that are often followed by war.

So I suppose increased defence spending is one logical way to go bearing that in mind.