Trump Calls For $1.5 Trillion In Fiscal 2027 Defense Spending

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President Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump wants to hike the Pentagon’s budget by 50% to $1.5 trillion in fiscal 2027, a massive rise in spending one year after the department crossed the trillion-dollar mark. Trump, in a Jan. 7 social media post, called for the spending spike to “allow us to build the ‘Dream Military’...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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