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An uncertain trumpet
The election of Donald Trump initially seemed to be a lifeline to an American military suffering from unrelenting budget cuts—a loss of more than $250 billion in spending power from the 2009 budget alone—and an equally punishing pace of operations.
The morning after the election, Forbes magazine confidently predicted the restoration of at least $500 billion in defense spending.
Not only did Trump…