China reacts to Trump's $1 trillion Pentagon budget

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China just released its 2025 defense budget—and the figures merit skepticism. During the Cold War, the United States never trusted its adversaries’ claims about their capabilities. Instead, it always sought to verify them through intelligence analysis. Today, China’s impressive and aggressive military expansion, allegedly achieved on a shoestring budget, should raise eyebrows, even from typically credulous consumers of official CCP reports. Spec…

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China reacts to Trump's $1 trillion Pentagon budget

The Chinese Defense Ministry urged the U.S. to "break away from the obsession with hegemony at an early date."

China Reacts to Trump's $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget

Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. China said on Wednesday that "wanton use of force will not make America great again" as President Donald Trump declared a record high $1 trillion defense budget. Newsweek has reached out to the White House and the Pentagon for comment by email. Why…

China says U.S.' sky-high defense budget will not make it great again

The wanton use of force will not make the United States great again, Chinese Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.