… millions of working and middle class jobs overseas, and handing control of our critical supply chains to both adversaries and rivals. We increasingly outsourced our sovereignty to international institutions, while Many nations invested in massive welfare states at the cost of maintaining the ability to defend themselves. This even as other countries have invested in the most rapid military buildup in all of human History and have not hesitated to use hard power to pursue their own interests. (03:21–03:27)
CLAIM
Asserts that investment in welfare states came at the expense of defense capabilities.
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