US Edition‘Gimmicks’: GOP lawmakers slam Trump’s ‘trillion-dollar’ defense-spending proposal
- President Donald Trump proposed a record $1.01 trillion national defense budget for fiscal year 2026, announced by the White House on Friday.
- This 13 percent budget increase builds on Trump's promise to rebuild the military, enhance deterrence, and reflects reductions in some Pentagon spending.
- The budget allocates funds toward the deployment of the Golden Dome, a next-generation missile defense system, as well as the F-47 fighter jet program, nuclear modernization efforts, border security enhancements, and includes a 3.8 percent increase in military pay.
- In a letter addressed to Senator Susan Collins, director Russell Vought outlined that the budget halts most payments to the United Nations, scales back space station operations in preparation for its planned retirement by 2030, and allocates $175 billion toward strengthening Homeland Security.
- This budget signals a shift toward increased defense and homeland security spending alongside cuts to non-defense discretionary programs and refocused space exploration on the Moon and Mars.
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U.S. Militaryization: Donald Trump wants a 65% increase in the budget for internal security and 13% for defence
President Donald Trump wants to focus the U.S. budget for 2026 on national security and defence, while reducing other public costs, announced Friday House Albă, Agerpres reported.
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Trump Requests Record $1.01 Trillion for National Defense for FY2026
Sputnik – 02.05.2025 WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has proposed a historic $1.01 trillion budget for national defense for fiscal year 2026, representing a 13% increase from the current year’s $878.4 billion, according to a document released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Friday. “For Defense spending, the President proposes an increase of 13 percent to $1.01 trillion for FY 2026,” OMB director Russell Vought said in a l…
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