How much the Trump administration says it wants to add to an already massively inflated defense budget to pay for a war that was never authorized by Congress? $1 trillion. The Pentagon's budget this year. One and a half trillion dollars. The total amount that Trump is reportedly requesting for the Pentagon budget for next year. That means Republicans in Congress want to increase the Pentagon's budget by $500 billion. Now, to put these numbers in context, the Trump administration will spend $30 billion in just the first 30 days of the war. (08:54–09:04)
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Asserts that Trump is requesting $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon budget next year.
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