WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 made it clear that defense is not his top priority at a time when the Chinese communist regime builds its military power, posing a threat to U.S. security interests. The president’s budget released on May 28 for the fiscal year 2022 seeks $752.9 billion for national defense, $715 billion of which is for the Pentagon. When compared to the enacted amount of fiscal year 2021, the budget request for the Department of Defense reflects only a 1.6 percent increase. “Defense is not a Biden administration priority,” Elaine McCusker, a defense budget expert at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) said on June 1 at a virtual event hosted by AEI. “Defense was the only federal function to not even keep pace with inflation, while domestic agencies went up by 16 percent, including a 41 percent increase for the Department of Education.” McCusker said. …