Has President Trump Prepared The U.S. Military For Whatever Comes Next?

President Trump's Remarks At 2019 Pentagon 9/11 Ceremony. YouTube

Loren Thompson, Forbes: Top Five Steps Trump Has Taken To Prepare The U.S. Military For Whatever Comes Next

Last week’s domestic reaction to the killing of Iran’s top military commander was predictably partisan and speculative. Nobody can say for sure what will happen next in the Persian Gulf—just as we don’t know what lies ahead on the Korean Peninsula, in Eastern Europe, or in the Horn of Africa.

In such circumstances, the only prudent posture for America’s military is to be prepared for a diverse array of challenges. That is the vector President Trump put military plans on when he took office. Whatever you may think of Trump the man, he installed a highly capable defense team that systematically addressed military deficiencies inherited from the Obama years.

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WNU Editor: You can never be prepared for whatever comes next. But you can try. Which I guess is the point of the above article.

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