Trump Says the US Can’t Cut Military Spending Now

President Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday that he would like to cut military spending but couldn’t do it now.

The president denied that he said he wanted to cut military spending despite his recent suggestions that the US, Russia, and China could work out a three-way deal to slash their military budgets in half.

“I never said cut, not in these days. I’d love to cut defense spending but not now, because you have China, you have Russia, you have a lot of problems out there,” Trump said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”