President Donald Trump has agreed to the Pentagon’s demands to boost military spending even though he said he would order all federal agencies to trim their budgets, including for defense.
Trump told Defense Secretary James Mattis to prepare a $750billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, according to Politico.
The number was agreed upon after a meeting at the White House on Tuesday between Trump, Mattis, and Republican lawmakers.
‘It’s 750. Secretary Mattis secured that over lunch with the president,’ an administration official told Politico.
‘That’s the top line.’
President Donald Trump has agreed to the Pentagon’s demands to boost military spending even though he said he would order all federal agencies to trim their budgets, including for defense. Trump is seen with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the White House in October
The $750billion figure would represent a dramatic turnabout for the President, who recently said that the $716billion spent by the military for fiscal year 2019 was ‘crazy.’
Mattis and other members of the military brass aimed to get the President to agree to $733billion.
In October, Trump said that military spending would be trimmed by 5 per cent - bringing it down to $700billion.
But Mattis, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, and other senior officers publicly protested.
Pentagon officials were preparing a plan that was in line with Trump’s demand to trim spending to the $700billion mark, but that plan was scrapped.
Instead, top generals began work on a $733billion proposal.
In October, Trump said that military spending would be trimmed by 5 per cent - bringing it down to $700billion. But Mattis, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, and other senior officers publicly protested. An F-35B fighter jet is seen in the above stock image
Trump said the $750billion was a ‘negotiating tactic’ that was intended to dissuade Democrats from forcing the final number to drop below $733billion.
Congress would have to approve the $750billion, which would represent a number beyond the Budget Control Act spending caps.
Sources told Politico, however, that the decision isn’t final and Trump could still change his mind.
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Main photo article President Donald Trump has agreed to the Pentagon’s demands to boost military spending even though he said he would order all federal agencies to trim their budgets, including for defense.
Trump told Defense Secretary James Mattis to prepare a $750billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, a...
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