In less than 100 days, President Donald J. Trump’s approach toward arms sales is slowly coming into focus. The Trump administration’s preliminary 2018 budget proposal – which includes a 28 percent cut in funding for the Department of State and proposed changes to the foreign military financing program – lends some clues to the direction of U.S. arms sales. Based on these initial actions, one thing does appear certain: Trump does not understand arms sales.

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