President Donald Trump, left, seen here with Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt, commander of the 10th Mountain Division, during an August trip, appeared to call for cuts to the Defense Department's budget. (Sgt. Thomas Scaggs/U.S. Army)
Military Times: Trump appears to call for defense spending cuts
WASHINGTON — In a surprise announcement, U.S. President Donald Trump has called for government spending to be cut 5 percent across every federal department, leaving next year’s military budget in confusion.
“I would like you to come back with a 5 percent cut,” Trump told members of his Cabinet during a Tuesday meeting. “Get rid of the fat, get rid of the waste, I’m sure you can do it. I’m sure everybody at this table can do it. It’ll have a huge impact.”
Trump was specifically asked about the Pentagon’s budget by a reporter and did not say the department would be exempt. However, he did say the department’s budget "will probably be $700 billion” for fiscal 2020, noting that “because now that we have our military taken care of, we have our law enforcement taken care of, we can do things that we really weren’t in a position to do when I first came.”
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WNU Editor: It is not going to happen.
4 comments:
Wrong signal. We are in a cold war with the two next in line militaries.. let's make sure that the military has all they need and then some. Instead of cutting, look at the senseless programs and overruns. That's more important. .increasing efficiency of spending... and, increase spending on AI. We are not where we should be in this most important field
What they need is better management of the money they get.
The culture of entitlement. Show me a government agency without it.
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