[Lower Deck]

And in a rare moment of specificity, the normally vague Trump also revealed how he would fund his increased spending: in part "through responsible workforce attrition," the end of "funding programs that are not authorized in law" and a request that other member nations fulfill their financial obligations to NATO.

That's specific? Attrition of which workforce? Ending which funding programs? How will NATO members increasing their defense spending fund extra U.S. defense spending?

[MaxistheBest]

“How will NATO members increasing their defense spending fund extra U.S. defense spending?”

Because the US makes up for the lack of funds from the NATO nations that are not contributing 2% of GDP. And the list is long and it’s some of the wealthiest EU nations, so there’s a lot of money involved.

“Attrition of which workforce? Ending which funding programs?”

This involves the “mission creep” that every agency uses to grow their workforce of Federal employees. He is right on the mark and we are talking billions. Maybe you could have thought about it for at least a minute...this isn’t rocket science.

[Jay Thomas]

Yup, you’re just a wet blanket. You can’t think of any concrete examples?