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Trump: "I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion. This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to."

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If the POTUS can do this "just because he decided", what the hell is congress for? Do they have no power over the purse? Are they not the people supposed to decide what is to be spent on what? Doe s the constitution not say in article ONE that they alone decide the budgets? Has America gone mad?

“I have determined that the video out of Minneapolis is so bad, I need to fling shit like a primate to distract everyone.”

The reason the US military is one of the best in the world is because its members believe in the Constitution and the rule of law, and as such, the military is structured to reward meritorious conduct. Reshaping it as Trump's anti-citizen storm troopers will only weaken it. $$$ won't matter.

Even yesterday i was speaking to someone who said "Trump will not conquer Greenland by force, there are other means" - NOT WHEN YOURE PUTTING ALL YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE MEAN MATE!!!!

There is no money for increased military spending - US is already facing $2T+ deficits as far as the eye can see, and foreign lenders sooner or later will force draconian cuts to defense and domestic spending if the deficit is not reduced ASAP.

He already has been “spending the tariff “ money left and right. He promised if the court found it was illegally collected they could return it, he cannot unilaterally decide to change the budget. This is a declaration of intent to be a military commander dictator.

So if you want to know what a country that eliminates services for the peasants while disproportionately spending on the military you just have to look at North Korea. He's also gonna need a lot of bodies to move and use all that military might... and unemployment is just starting to spike.

If we're lucky the plan is simply to hand Musk another phony defence contract to keep the Tesla house of cards upright, and similar for Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and the other techbros in the AI bubble writing out bad checks for each other

He will keep acting like a king until we stop letting him act like a king. Also, he has become very addicted to the high he gets from acting like a king.

He intends the additional $500B to end up in the pockets of Trump family members and cronies. That is what is happening here. DoD has been ignoring anti-fraud contracting rules and regulations, executing no-bid, single source contracts. This is corruption and theft, pure and simple.

He has, in almost every way, Nazi ambitions. If the Senate is not able to stop this madhouse, the US has a dictator and the world a World War. "You play with Word War 3" - DJT

Soon enough we won't be getting a paycheck for work, but a bill to work so they can get more money for the terrorist organization they call a military than our current taxes can pay for. You KNOW they would never demand more taxes from the rich to pay for it. Until they are the only ones left.

Instead of spending $500B more per year maybe we should enter an alliance with countries that share our values to increase military might w/o extra costs. We could even make it a defensive pact to ensure any attack on us would face a military response from 32 nations, ensuring peace.

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Just so you know, this extra $500 billion is enough to END POVERTY using a negative income tax with a 50% phaseout rate. It's also FIVE TIMES the cost of the enhanced child tax credit that cut child poverty in half, that was just too costly to make permanent according to all Republicans + Manchin.

In the most recent month disclosed, November, the government brought in $30.75 billion in tariff revenue. At that rate, over a year the total would be $369 billion. So it wouldn't even pay for that increase in defense spending, much less could it also be used for anything else.

nbcnews.comMonthly customs revenue falls for the first time since Trump rolled out his tariff programA simmering cost-of-living crisis pushed the Trump administration to announce rollbacks in November on a number of food-related tariffs.

I got an idea, why don,t we take the half a Trillion dollars and make some kind of Medicare for all, or universal child care or maybe a million other things that could really use the funding... Wasting it on the military is just pouring it down a vast, endless hole...

White people who voted for this, this is all on you!!! This is directed at you too white women. How does it make you feel to support a pedophile racist, rapist murderer.

The terrible and sad thing is I can totally see democrats going along with this. When it comes to defense budgets the problem is truly both sides.

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History will look back on the Trump era with the following comment (among many, many others): "These people couldn't do basic math."

As an American taxpayer I have determined that the United States military budget should be frozen until they can pass an audit and tell us where they've been spending the money we've already given them.

Trump Math: "Because of my forward thinking and exceeding expections Tariffs, I can spread my benevolence to all Americans. You get a soybean refund, you get a ACA refund, you get a military 1776 bonus, we all get an expanded military budget and I take a token 10% finder's fee.

my take: if trump actually posted this, it is only because stephen miller and/or peter hegseth wrote it and gave it to him. it's far too coherently written without any "donroe doctrine" or other of-the-cuff mala-covfefe-isms.

Dear Congress, Please cut off his allowance immediately. He used it to hire a private militia to kill, threaten and brutalize people. Thank you. America P.S. It's your job to know this and do something.

By this reckless actions & support for mad dictators Trump has made the country and the world a much more dangerous place. So now Trump wants to make the most bloated military on the planet even bigger with a 50% increase in it's already allocated budget! No fucking way will tariffs pay for this!

No money for health care or child care but trillions for the military so that Trump can invade countries to secure oil and rare earth minerals.

You don’t have the authority to make these decisions! Where is the rest of government? Are they going to stand idly by and Let him attack the rest of the world?

To compare, the UK tried for a few decades at the height of Empire to maintain only a navy as big as the next two (the "two power" strategy), not all the rest combined, and skimping on land forces to do it, and it still required vast and growing expenditure.

I’m pretty sure the American people are sick of funding your military wet dreams through inflated prices on everyday goods and our food because of your f*cking tariffs. What an asshole!

As the person who created thes very troubled and da gerous times, I have decided that we need a $1.5 trillion defense budget. And the best time to announce this is on a day when my armed thugs murdered an unarmed civilian at a protest.

This failed businessman (and rapist and convicted felon) — who BANKRUPTED A CASINO, among multiple other failed ventures — has never paid down a debt in his life. Ever. As in NOT EVER.

*Raises hand* How does the US not already have a "Dream Military" when we spend on average more per year already then the next three largest military spenders combined?

Please tell me other countries still accept Americans. Ive tried everything I could to fight back against this tyrant. But the government and army keep betraying us. I don't have any fight left. My friend died, the hospitals almost killed my bf, I just can't keep going here.

But we can't afford health care. The answer is fucking no. This motherfucker is itching for an excuse to deploy US troops against Americans or our allies. We should be crippling his budgets, including the fucking utilities at the White House.

The worst president in our history is you Donald. That you call the man who beat you in 2020 that says what a demented fool you are.

No doubt that 50% increase within a single year would be spent judiciously. Actually, how could you spend 50% more in one year? The arms industry doesn't have that capacity. Well thought out as usual.