Indeed, for many, the successful defense policy is the one that manages to eliminate potential dangers without war, such as the strategy of bankrupting the Russians through the escalation in defense spending.
Ok, let's look at TRUMP in 2020.
He is getting CONSTANT MEDIA ATTENTION from the CORONA VIRUS. The election is in NOVEMBER, less than six-months away
Today, Trump presented OPERATION WARP SPEED. A way to maybe get a vaccine by the end of the year. He can't lose. If he gets it, he wins. The Democrats will be negative and in the position of opposing the effort.
During the news conference, TRUMP WAS EXCITED AND FLUENT. Lots of good motivating rah, rah, rah words. So were the other people.
The press didn't even ask many nasty questions.
OUT OF THE BOX and demanding EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT. It may be a DAVID STRATEGY. I hope it works. I'm certainly not going to bet against it.

