President-elect Joe Biden, is expected to bring a middle-of-the-road defense policy to the White House in January, drawing on priorities from both Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Budget austerity was going to be an issue regardless of who won the election; leaders anticipated a period of little to no growth even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. That could affect the status quo more than Biden expected, noted Michael E. O'Hanlon, foreign policy research director at the Brookings Institution. Defense and related spending is set to be about $740 billion in 2021.
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机译：总统乔·拜登预计将于1月份为白宫带来一家中途国防政策，借鉴总统巴拉克奥巴马和唐纳德特朗普的优先事项。 Budget austerity was going to be an issue regardless of who won the election;领导者预计甚至在Covid-19 Pandemic击中之前甚至没有增长的时间。这可能影响Brookings机构的外交政策研究主任Michael E. O'Hanlon的预期的现状。 2021年，国防和相关支出设定为约7400亿美元。
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