With the #US at #war with #Iran & embroiled in conflicts around the world, the White House said on Friday that it would ask #Congress to approve about $1.5 trillion for #defense in the 2027 fiscal year. If enacted, that amount would set #military #spending at its highest level in history.

The request, which arrived on Friday as part of Trump’s new #budget, would amount to a whopping 40% bump from what the US spent on the #Pentagon this fiscal year.

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The admin said it would couple the proposed increase with a call for $73 billion in #cuts across #domestic agencies, including the elimination of some #climate, #housing & #education programs [like I said, crucial].

By Friday morning, the White House had released only a summary of its #budget request, which covers the period beginning Oct 1, with fuller details expected later.

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Together, the ideas sum to a fiscal blueprint that could add trillions of dollars to the brimming federal #debt over the next decade, if lawmakers translate Trump’s full vision into #law without other changes to federal #spending.

#Trump urged #Congress to approve the new #defense money, >$1.1 trillion, as part of its work to fund the government, & to enact the remaining $350 billion using the same #legislative tactic that allowed #Republicans to clinch their tax cuts last year.

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#Trump also asked lawmakers to increase federal funding for #border enforcement & mass #deportations.

In the days before releasing the initial details of his plan, Trump & aides framed the proposed increase for #defense in urgent terms, citing a need to restock munitions & supplies as the #war with #Iran continues. At one point, Trump indicated at a lunch that #military #spending needed to be a national priority, even at the expense of federal safety-net programs & other govt #aid….

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