- U.S. President Donald Trump has backed plans to request $750 billion from Congress for defense spending next year, a U.S. official said on Sunday, signaling a Pentagon spending hike at a time of potential belt-tightening elsewhere in the government.
- A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had discussed the budget with Trump in recent days and outlined the risks of flat defense spending.
Trump, faced with a budget deficit at a six-year high, told his Cabinet earlier this year to come up with proposals to cut spending by their agencies by 5 percent, but he suggested the military would be largely spared.
The $750 billion would be even more than the $733 billion request that the Pentagon had been expected to make for fiscal year 2020. It is also well above a $700 billion figure Trump cited in October.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had discussed the budget with Trump in recent days and outlined the risks of flat defense spending.
The official said that it was clear during that discussion that Trump wanted to "accelerate the progress his administration has made in rebuilding the military."
In August, Trump signed a $716 billion defense policy bill.
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link is about the 21 Trillion unaccounted for in a failed audit of the Pentagon.... Why do we even believe this 750b as a real number?
why isn't any politician upset? Why isn't the media talking about it?
Question #2. Is this what empires do when they're about to crumble, concentrate everything into the army to go out fighting?
Question #3. Isn't it neocons that expand, and spend like crazy as opposed to real conservatives?(W comes to mind)
Question #4. In retrospect, was Rand Paul the better choice for a fiscally conservative, constitutional Potus?(buyers remorse)
Question #5.(multi) Even if the numbskull Dems get their impeachment, won't Pence just be Trump on steroids? Or are they just acting on impulse like a tranny shopping for a surgeon?
How do i keep finding your wit S!!!!! Lollll
Too good