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Trump Announces $1.5 Trillion Military Budget for Next Year

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Trump Announces $1.5 Trillion Military Budget for Next Year

πŸ’° PENTAGON β€” A $1.5T military budget the day before Trump addresses the nation. πŸ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: The largest defense budget in US history lands as CENTCOM runs an active strike campaign and Congress fractures over war authorization. For Democrats demanding an AUMF, this reframes the fight: block the spending or legitimize the war. For allies, it signals Washington is scaling up, not winding down. The timing makes Thursday's address a victory lap, not a pivot.

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