The President’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Will Not Make the Country Safer

Photo: President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and former Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, announced plans for a “Golden Fleet” of new U.S. Navy battleships, Monday, December 22, 2025, at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Allison McManus, Michael Schiffer and Steven Kosiak. Center for American Progress – June 1, 2026.

In its latest budget request, the Trump administration has asked Congress for an unprecedented $1.45 trillion Pentagon budget (plus about $50 billion for other defense activities). This is both the largest inflation-adjusted dollar amount in history and the largest one-year increase (some $420 billion, in fiscal year 2027 dollars) since the Korean War.* President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that this amount is necessary to build a “Dream Military” and keep the United States “SAFE and SECURE.”  […]

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