US EditionTrump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs
The plan would raise Pentagon spending by more than 40% and cut domestic programs by about 10%, intensifying a fight over deficits and wartime priorities.
- On Friday, United States President Donald Trump asked Congress to approve a $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, citing rising costs from the ongoing war with Iran and mounting global security commitments.
- The conflict with Iran, now in its fifth week, reportedly costs the United States $2 billion per day, driving urgent military needs to sustain operations and rebuild depleted weapons stockpiles.
- Trump urges Congress to approve $1.1 trillion through standard appropriations and $350 billion via party-line maneuvers, offset by $73 billion in proposed cuts to non-defense programs including housing and education.
- House Democrats denounced the proposal as a "reckless war" budget, stating "It's heartless and House Democrats will not stand for it," while Republican leaders signaled openness to the defense increase.
- With national debt exceeding $39 trillion, lawmakers retain authority to rewrite or reject the proposal, and the Pentagon is not expected to release detailed budget breakdown until later this month.
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President Donald Trump’s budget request calls for Congress to boost defense spending up to $1.5 trillion, the largest increase in decades and signals the administration’s interest in raising defense spending over domestic spending. The 2027 budget request for the Department of War calls for a $1.5 trillion military budget, which would be a 42 percent…
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.
Trump budget seeks $1.5T for defense, cuts in domestic spending programs
WASHINGTON — President Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.
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