President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he called “these very troubled and dangerous times”. That would be more than 50% higher than this year’s $901bn budget, which was approved by Congress in December.
“This will allow us to build the “Dream Military” that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe,” Trump said on social media on Wednesday. Seperately, the president said he would crack down on payouts to bosses and shareholders of major US defence contractors unless the firms speed up deliveries of armaments and build new manufacturing plants.
jeremy9931 on
Anyone who actually believes this (or any at that) Congress will pass a $1.5T defense appropriation bill is delusional considering they struggle to even pass the current ones every year.
Dude is straight up living in a fantasy land.
Macquarrie1999 on
With what fucking money? He already slashed tax revenue.
n00bi3pjs on
Maybe he can take some of the ICE money and redirect it to military spending.
JaceFlores on
Trump has a weird habit of kinda being in the ballpark of procurement and such. Like to face China he is right we need more shipping capability, so there’s MASGA. With production he wants more factories, so he’s doing the very odd thing of threatening CEOs. With general funding yeah a war with China will be costly as shit and the military could use a lot more funding for researching capabilities across the board.
There is definitely someone with not half bad ideas about procurement and such whispering in his ear and hoping whatever shit he does will accomplish that
Lighthouse_seek on
Assuming midterms happen he’s not going to have a trifecta next year and the Dems are now polarized against military funding.
PresentShoddy on
Someone just told him we spend more on debt service than the military.
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President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he called “these very troubled and dangerous times”. That would be more than 50% higher than this year’s $901bn budget, which was approved by Congress in December.
“This will allow us to build the “Dream Military” that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe,” Trump said on social media on Wednesday. Seperately, the president said he would crack down on payouts to bosses and shareholders of major US defence contractors unless the firms speed up deliveries of armaments and build new manufacturing plants.
Anyone who actually believes this (or any at that) Congress will pass a $1.5T defense appropriation bill is delusional considering they struggle to even pass the current ones every year.
Dude is straight up living in a fantasy land.
With what fucking money? He already slashed tax revenue.
Maybe he can take some of the ICE money and redirect it to military spending.
Trump has a weird habit of kinda being in the ballpark of procurement and such. Like to face China he is right we need more shipping capability, so there’s MASGA. With production he wants more factories, so he’s doing the very odd thing of threatening CEOs. With general funding yeah a war with China will be costly as shit and the military could use a lot more funding for researching capabilities across the board.
There is definitely someone with not half bad ideas about procurement and such whispering in his ear and hoping whatever shit he does will accomplish that
Assuming midterms happen he’s not going to have a trifecta next year and the Dems are now polarized against military funding.
Someone just told him we spend more on debt service than the military.
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1.5 Trillion Trump Coins should do it