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Mark Pocan: “Trump's budget calls for $1.5 trillion in defense spending.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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US Rep. Mark Pocan on Trump's conduct toward the war in Iran | Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 05:34

There's a lot of reasons we should pay attention and care. As to rising inflation, I see that consumer sentiment just ranked at the lowest on record in the U.S. and meanwhile, Trump's budget calls for $1.5 trillion in defense spending. This would not, I trust, a priority of yours. No. In fact, I think what the President said is we don't have money for things like childcare because he wants … (05:34–05:51)

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Asserts that Trump's budget includes $1.5 trillion for defense spending.

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