AP FACT CHECK: US military not as threadbare as Trump says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump painted an overly bleak picture of the condition of the armed forces Thursday as he made his case for military expansion.
A look at some of his statements from the Gerald R. Ford, a $12.9 billion aircraft carrier being built in Newport News, Virginia:
TRUMP: “We are going to have very soon the finest equipment in the world.”
THE FACTS: Pentagon leaders have said for years that the U.S. already has the world’s best weaponry and mil