Many welcomed Trump’s coming to the presidency, as they hoped that this would lead, according to his election promise, to an improvement in relations between the two countries and in general to defuse global tensions.
Did not meet expectations.
And thank God that he is not allowed to do anything anywhere!
The fact is that he came in the wake of the request of a certain part of American society, dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs. In the US, a very effective private business and simply monstrously corrupt state apparatus.
Well, so for comparison.
The bridge from San Francisco to Oakland, which is 3.5 kilometers long, was built for 11 years. The cost of the structure (as usual) increased twenty-five times from the initial base and amounted to more than $ 6.5 billion.
Now look at the Kerch Bridge. The length is 19 kilometers. Construction of the bridge began in May 2015, and its road part will be completed in 2018. The predicted cost of the Kerch bridge ranges from $ 1.5 billion to $ 3 billion. At the time, as it is not only more than five times longer and much more complicated under the terms of construction and operation.
And so in everything. They wanted to make a fighter of the fifth generation for $ 150 billion, and spent $ 1 trillion., And Congress and the Pentagon, each time obediently made an estimate to increase the budget of the Project (completely disinterested, you have to think).
Russia has spent on its fighter $ 6 billion. Yes, you can make a discount on the fact that in the Russian military industry one dollar makes six times more products than one dollar in the US military-industrial complex (so much cheaper components, salaries and other costs).
But even if so, well, multiply 6 * 6, what happens, $ 36 billion, well, not a trillion! That’s why, with our military budget of 70 billion dollars (ten times less than the American one), we achieved nuclear parity with the United States in 2014 and have already taken the lead, and this is after the “blessed” 90s, when the same control, our rockets and airplanes were cut for scrap.
Now, 80% of our strategic nuclear forces of the mine, mobile and underwater are armed with new-generation rockets – Sarmat, Voevoda, Topol, Yars. Americans have nothing new.
Trump understood that he would have to rake these Augean stables (state budget expenditures), but he didn’t even imagine what kind of cohesive force he would have to face and how they would protect their money.
In this part, in comparison with the USA and even with Russia (see roads), perhaps only Europe is an example of the efficiency of spending its budget.