Mitch McConnell has voiced his worries about the future of the United States under the Trump administration.
The Republican senator with the longest tenure in Kentucky history, McConnell, 83, offered a stern war:ning about nations “hating” the United States and the tensions President Trump is causing with his unpopular tariffs.
Before resigning earlier this year, the lawmaker led the Republicans in the chamber for almost 20 years. He will terminate his present term and depart from public life entirely.
But before be leaves office, McConnell wants to center his attention on defense and foreign policy, which he considered as ‘the most important thing’.
Going on to discuss the current political climate in America, McConnell told the Lexington Herald-Leader: “I think this is the most dangerous period since before World War Two. There’s certain similarities right now to the ‘30s.
“Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill in 1930, widely believed by historians and economists to have taken the depression worldwide.
“Those who were totally anxious to stay out of all of what was going on in Europe were called ‘America First’. Sound familiar?”
McConnell commented: “So what do we have today? North Korea, China, Russia, Iran and Iran’s proxies. They’re very different kinds of countries, but they have one thing in common: They hate us.”
The US is ‘not prepared’ to deal with such hostility, according to McConnell, even though these nations’ contempt for America and Trump’s leadership is evident.
He commented: “With regard to Ukraine, what we need to do is avoid the headline at the end of the war, ‘Russia wins, America loses.’ It has huge worldwide implications.”
The president is likely to insist that the United States is prepared for war, and as a’readiness’ gesture, he intends to rename the Department of Defense (DOD) to the Department of Wa:r.
In contrast to the DOD, the rebranding is said to convey “a stronger message of readiness and resolve.”
The Department of War was the name of the organization when America aided in the first and second world wars, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
“We won WWI, and we won WWII, not with the Department of Defense, but with a War Department, with the Department of War,” he said to Fox News, adding: “As the president has said, we’re not just defense, we’re offense.”
Hegseth’s title will change as a result of the measure. His title will be ‘Secretary of War’ after it is signed.
