US EditionSenate GOP chair knocks Trump budget over military spending
- Senator Roger Wicker criticized President Trump's 2026 budget proposal on Friday for failing to increase defense discretionary spending.
- Wicker highlighted that the budget proposal includes a steady $892.6 billion for defense discretionary spending, challenging assertions that funding would rise by 13% to exceed $1 trillion.
- OMB director Russell Vought stated the Trump administration plans to boost defense funding through reconciliation, providing at least $325 billion beyond the base budget to reach a trillion dollars.
- Wicker emphasized that the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed funding falls short of a trillion-dollar defense budget and cautioned that this level of spending would undermine military capabilities and weaken the President’s strategic flexibility, despite the goals of the Peace Through Strength agenda.
- Wicker pledged to work with President Trump and Congress to achieve real growth in the military base budget, highlighting the need for sustained defense increases amid geopolitical threats.
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President Trump’s budget drew harsh criticism on Friday from a trio of powerful Republican senators, who rejected what they said were woefully inadequate resources for the military, and suggested they would ignore his plan and ensure that Congress provided far more money for their priorities. In separate statements, the senior Republicans — Senators Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee; Susan Collins of Maine…
OMB chief defends Pentagon budget request amid GOP allegations of no-growth ‘gimmicks’
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought today defended the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 request for defense spending, which senior Senate Republicans say is built around a “gimmick” that amounts to a flat topline that does not keep pace with inflation. At issue is the fact that President Trump’s FY-26 request for national defense spending is being touted by OMB as $1 trillion, but only because the White House …
Top Senate Armed Services Republican says Trump OMB's budget 'shreds to the bone' military capabilities
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, claimed the Office of Management and Budget had an "intent to shred to the bone" U.S. military capabilities.
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Senate GOP chair knocks Trump budget over military spending
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) knocked President Trump’s 2026 budget proposal on Friday for not doing enough to keep pace with military threats from China, Russia and …
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