‘TODAY I am calling on Senate Leadership to … give our brave Warriors the DECISIVE ADVANTAGE they deserve’
Summarized by Jennifer Rae Vliet, News Editor of The Plain Truth
Original reporting by Jillian Butler, Daily Caller News Foundation, via WND
President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to advance a military spending proposal that would add $350 billion in defense funding. He wants lawmakers to move the reconciliation package forward before Democrats take control of Congress in January. Trump made the appeal in a Thursday post on Truth Social. Trump’s Truth Social post
How the military spending proposal fits into the defense budget
The proposed $350 billion increase is part of the administration’s broader $1.5 trillion defense budget request. That request includes investments in weapons production, military technology, and U.S. defense manufacturing.
Trump says the funding is needed to strengthen the military. Butler reports that the package could also bring a substantial increase in spending to U.S. defense companies.
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