Rep. Ruben Gallego Statement on President Trump’s National Security “Strategy”
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) released the following statement:
"President Trump's National Security Strategy (NSS) is the product of willful ignorance.
"The Trump Administration has purged their so-called ‘strategy' of any mention of the empirical fact of climate change. It glosses over successful Russian attempts to undermine our elections in a serious way. It turns China into a ‘strategic competitor,' and then proposes to do very little about it. The NSS includes a promise to ‘rebuild America's military,' yet the President and Republicans in Congress are set to waste over a trillion dollars on tax cuts for the wealthy rather than invest in America's future military strength and domestic prosperity. The plan even accuses legal immigrants of threatening our nation despite the fact that tens of thousands of them are currently serving in our military and security services.
"In short, this so-called ‘strategy' is undeserving of the name. And, like Trump's presidency, his NSS will fail and ultimately be replaced."