Emma Shortis
Director, International and Security Affairs

Bloomberg is reporting that the Trump administration has just approved a trillion dollar – yep, with a t – defense budget. Far from being isolationist, or anti-war, it looks like the Trump administration is embarking on a major military buildup. Trump has stacked his cabinet with a bunch of senior officials, like Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who view China as an existential threat to American primacy that must be countered. That’s the kind of ideology we’re dealing with, and it’s about time our leaders recognized just how dangerous it is.