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Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget (www.politico.com)

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President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged a first ever $1 trillion defense budget proposal on Monday, a record sum for the military.

Trump, during a press event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the upcoming budget would be “in the vicinity” of $1 trillion.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Why? The Central Israel Agency would love nothing more than invading and overthrowing countries.