MINNEAPOLIS - Despite his statement that the U.S. “will have to do more with less” thanks to budget cuts across a slew of federal agencies and programs, the U.S. Department of Defense not only avoided a budget decrease, but netted a significant increase to its annual budget. The increase - 54 billion dollars – is nearly the size of the United
Trump’s “Historic” DoD Budget Increase Implies Preparations for More War
President Trump’s proposed 54-billion-dollar increase to the national budget will likely be spent on increasing the presence of U.S. troops abroad. It seems that the real goal of the increase is to continue U.S. involvement in armed conflicts around the globe.