Trump Has Proposed A Historic Record Budget For The U.S. Military
- 2.05.2025, 7:43
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Projects of strategic importance are prioritized.
The Trump administration is preparing a record defense funding request. A fierce debate is looming in Congress.
According to Bloomberg.
U.S. President Donald Trump intends to submit to Congress a $1.01 trillion national security funding request for fiscal year 2026, which begins Oct. 1. According to administration officials familiar with the document, that's more than a 13% increase over the 2025 figure.
The budget priorities include projects of strategic importance, such as Golden Dome missile defense, shipbuilding, nuclear arsenal modernization, border security, and a 3.8% pay raise for military personnel.
The request also reportedly covers support funding for the Department of Energy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and several other agencies, and is broadly consistent with the By comparison, current total national security spending is $892.3 billion.
The budget will be formally submitted in a reduced request format ("skinny budget") on Friday, May 2, marking the beginning of the 2026 congressional budget process and setting the administration's top fiscal priorities.
The request would separately fund the Department of Defense at $961 billion, well above the $848.3 billion level approved in January. The Joe Biden administration previously projected a defense budget of $876.8 billion for 2026.
The document also contains a portion of the $150 billion that Congress plans to allocate as additional "negotiated" defense spending to supplement the discretionary funding package already approved.
The request is expected to spark controversy in Congress. Lawmakers have repeatedly criticized the Pentagon for failing to pass a full audit. A U.S. Government Accountability Office report found at least $10.8 billion in fraud at the Defense Department between 2017 and 2024.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth noted on social media that despite the historically high volume of the request, the department intends to "spend every taxpayer dollar wisely - on combat capability and readiness."
President Trump, for his part, attributed the scope of the request to increasing global threats.
"We have to build the military. We're very careful about spending, but we have to build an army," the head of state said.
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