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Trump Tells Congress How He Plans to Give Military Largest Budget Ever

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President Trump has asked Congress for the largest military budget in modern history.

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This will be the largest increase in US military spending since World War II. The US will increase its defense budget to $1.5 trillion, the largest increase in military spending since World War II, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing the BBC. Where the money will be spent Of the total, approximately $1.1 trillion will be allocated to discretionary Pentagon spending, the largest amount on record. Another $350 billion will be earmarked for the defens…

Trump wants to increase the US defense budget to the highest level since World War IIDonald Trump wants to increase the US defense budget to a historically high level. This is reported by Bloomberg News. Specifically, he wants

The Trump administration has asked Congress to approve a massive increase in defense spending, the largest since World War II. Trump wants Congress to approve spending $1.5 trillion on defense, a 42% increase from last year, to boost the U.S. military's fleet, fund the "Golden Dome" air defense system that Trump has touted, and raise military pay. The Pentagon has already requested $200 billion for the Iran war, and the increase the White House …

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The White House is proposing a $1.5 trillion U.S. defense budget for 2027. The increase is expected to be the highest since World War II and is related to the war in the Middle East.

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The US President, Donald Trump, called for a 42% increase in the US defence budget in 2027, according to documents published by the White House on Friday. This project, if adopted by parliamentarians, would see US military spending fly to 1,500 billion next year, a record in the recent history of the world's first power. The increase is precisely $445 billion compared to the defence budget set for 2026.

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The New Republic broke the news in on Friday, April 3, 2026.
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