[erimir]

But regardless of that, is it useful for Democrats to scream about GUTTING THE MILITARY?

It furthers the conception that the military needs more funding, when frankly, it doesn't. Democrats ought to want to "gut" the military.

The problem isn't that Trump is GUTTING THE MILITARY, it's that he's taking money that Congress designated for other things and he's taking away from projects that would help military families (like money for schools for soldiers' children) rather than just taking a little bit from everywhere.

Now, if they wanted to pick one one thing - taking money away from military kids - and drill that over and over, that might work. But I would recommend against using a GOP argument, because promoting the idea that the military needs a lot more funding might not benefit us in the end.