Even Dems found Biden's military proposal inadequate

But Biden is not a man of the center right and as president he’s displayed no genuine interest in bipartisanship. It’s hard to think of any issue on which Biden has governed as other than a standard-issue left-wing Democrat.

He certainly hasn’t done so when it comes to defending America. Indeed, this Politico article finds that Biden is to the left of congressional Democrats on the defense budget. It supports this view by identifying ways in which “a Democratic-led Congress. . .rebuked Biden’s military budget and a raft of other plans” in the National Defense Authorization Act it just passed.

First, the Act allocates $45 billion more for national defense spending than the Biden administration proposed. Second, the Act reverses efforts to kill a new nuclear missile and scrambles Pentagon efforts to retire a number of ships and aircraft. …

The consequences of Biden’s plans for the military might also be catastrophic, given the threat China poses to Taiwan, among other potential flashpoints. Even congressional Democrats understand this. But not faux center-leftist Joe Biden.