President of the United States Donald Trump managed to seize the initiative from opponents, using the so-called hawks.

This opinion was expressed in the commentary to the "Observer" by the expert-internationalist of the Ukrainian Institute for Policy Analysis and Management Vladimir Volya.

"In February, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were able to seize the initiative from their opponents. They arranged a review of the military budget in the direction of a record increase. Statement by NATO commander in Europe Curtis Scaparotti on the need for more US troops in the region to contain Russia is an element of Trump's strategy. In fact, he "released the hawks". That is, in the fight against the "hawks" he uses the "hawks" themselves. Conditionally, the military was told: "We will give you funding, ask, do not hesitate, but persuade Congress," Volia said..

According to him, statements about the appetites of the American army are preparing the ground for cutting down other budget items in favor of military spending.

"It will be possible to hold it through the Congress. The military budget will be increased by a record. This has not happened since the time of President Ronald Reagan, "summed up the international.

As reported by the "Observer", an updated draft of the US budget appeared.

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