President Trump expressed his intention to meet with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin to propose a substantial cut to their military budgets. In a press conference, he argued for a reduction by half, emphasizing the financial burdens of military spending. He highlighted past successes in negotiations with both leaders regarding nuclear disarmament, reflecting on the excessive number of nuclear weapons that could lead to catastrophic outcomes. Trump also indicated support for using Elon Musk's expertise to address financial inefficiencies within the Department of Defense.
During an Oval Office press conference, Trump declared that one of the first meetings I wanna have is with President Xi of China, President Putin of Russia, and I want to say, Let's cut our military budget in half.'
President Putin and I agreed that we were gonna do it in a very big way, said Trump. We already have so many [nuclear weapons], you could destroy the world 50 times over.
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