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Trump Vows to End Overseas Intervention, Chaos, Rebuild Military

Trump Vows to End Overseas Intervention, Chaos, Rebuild Military
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Donald Trump laid out a military policy which he said is aimed at ending "intervention and chaos" overseas. He further promised to build up the "depleted" military, but said it would be done with prevention in mind, rather than aggression.

Trump Vows to End Overseas Intervention, Chaos, Rebuild Military
 
Speaking at the latest stop on his "thank you" tour of swing states, President-elect Donald Trump told a crowd in Fayetteville, North Carolina that he wants to "strengthen old friendships and seek out new friendships," stressing that the US will "stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn't be involved with."

"We don't want to have a depleted military because we're all over the place fighting in areas that we shouldn't be fighting in. It's not going to be depleted any longer," he said during the Tuesday event.

He spoke of the need to spend money "on ourselves" rather than continuing to run up an extremely costly tab in the Middle East.

Although Trump vowed to build up the "depleted" military, he said it would be done "not as an act of aggression, but as an act of prevention."

"In short, we seek peace through strength," he said.

He went on to stress that the focus of the US military should be on defeating terrorism and destroying Daesh [ISIS/ISIL], promising that the goal would be achieved under his administration.

Also on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama took a much different stance during his final national security speech, defending his legacy of fighting Daesh - despite continuous criticism by Trump.

"Today the results are clear," Obama said, crediting the US-led coalition of countries battling Daesh, and claiming that it has lost more than half its territory and faces a dwindling recruitment effort.

Trump has been critical of Obama's approach towards the terrorist Takfiri group, claiming he is waging a "politically correct" war against it.

The president-elect also accused Obama of being the "founder of Daesh" at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida rally in August.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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