The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year, the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II. The United States already has the world’s largest military budget at roughly $1 trillion, more than the combined budgets of the next nine highest-spending countries. The Trump administration’s budget request includes funding for F-35 stealth fighter jets, new warships and President Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, among other priorities.
“All it means is buying more weapons for more,” says Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen. “It’s beyond the wildest dreams of the military-industrial complex.” The budget proposal also includes deep cuts to social programs.
We also speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official involved in arms sales who resigned in 2023 over Israel-Palestine policy. He notes that the $1.5 trillion figure does not even include the costs of the Iran war. “It’s just a vast amount of money in a way that is reckless by an administration that is corrupt,” says Paul.
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He needs those Trump class baby battle ships
Perfectly sound financial decision. It’s not like the country’s aviation system was crumbling down or something
This would be a great post but if not for being from a Tankie community.
With what fucking money? Is he planning to raise the bottom brackets taxes to 20%? According to the irs.gov the IRS collected $5.1 Trillion in 2024 which was a $2T defficit for the year 2025.
It’s like his masters are demanding he makes the USA default, have the banks strip the bones of the country and stop offering loans.
