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Not sure why this really matters a ton if they announced a 100+ billion pentagon budget increase.
by jhickok 2y ago
Not sure why this really matters a ton if they announced a 100+ billion pentagon budget increase.
- mlinhares 2y agoCos now that money can now go straight to more Starlink for the pentagon.
- ibejoeb 2y agoThere have been multiple errors posted in this thread, and I don't know where those numbers are coming from since the budget is public record. The '25 budget has not yet been approved, but the request is $8 billion more last year, not $100 billion.
- icegreentea2 2y agoYou're right that Trump's original request for 2025, and what Congress has been working on was not bumping up to a trillion. People are reacting to https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/08/trump-promises-1-trillion-in-defense-spending-for-next-year/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04... This would be for the 2026 budget.