Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget
- President Donald Trump announced a $1 trillion budget for the Pentagon, marking a record high for the U.S. Military.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed Pentagon leaders to create plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget over five years.
- Trump emphasized the need to build the military while being cost-conscious.
- His 2026 defense budget proposal is expected to approach $1 trillion.
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Here we go again – $1 trillion for US ‘defense’
Remember when President Donald Trump promised to make the US military "far more powerful, but for much less money"? Remember when he pledged to end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict in 24 hours? Well, me neither. In all seriousness, we can always say that Trump is a politician and that truth or consistency are not exactly the
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