Trump to Seek $716 Billion for Defense in 2019 Budget, Official Says

[F-22Raptor]

President Donald Trump will propose increasing total defense spending to $716 billion in fiscal 2019 in his budget request expected to be released in February, a U.S. official said, backing the Pentagon’s push for a major buildup.

The funding would include $597 billion for the Defense Department’s base budget, with the rest going for its war-fighting account and to other government programs such as the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons program, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the release of Trump’s second proposed budget.

The amount, reported earlier Friday by the Washington Post, is a sharp increase from the $668 billion Trump proposed last year for fiscal 2018 and offered as a placeholder for fiscal 2019. The plan represents a victory of defense hawks over those trying to constrain deficit spending.

The proposal tracks bipartisan negotiations taking place in Congress on a two-year budget deal, as Republicans and Democrats seek agreement on a $70 billion increase to defense budget caps in 2018 and 2019 paired with increases for domestic spending.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-seek-716-billion-for-defense-in-2019-budget

 

[khansaheeb]

omg, they want to conquer the world , they will end up making the world one giant war zone.

 

[Imran Khan]

716billions$ in one year cn end almost half of poverty from earth and reduce 50% terrorism .

 

[undercover JIX]

716billions$ in one year cn end almost half of poverty from earth and reduce 50% terrorism .

But do you know anyone, who is interested in that.

Pakistan needs to be prepared for coming days.