The US plans to cut the defense budget by 8% over the next five years.
This is reported by The Washington Post, citing its sources.
Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth wants to have a plan for reducing spending by February 24. The list consists of 17 categories for which funding is proposed to be cut. Among them:
- operations on the southern border of the US,
- modernization of nuclear weapons and missile defense,
- procurement of drones and ammunition.
Reducing the budget by 8% annually for five years will lead to a total reduction of about 34%. This will be the most significant reduction in military spending since 2013.
At the same time, Congress is convinced that the US still needs significant defense spending to deter the threat from China and russia.
The Pentagon budget for 2025 is about USD 850 billion.
As a reminder, on February 19, the official White House page on the social network X posted an image of US President Donald Trump wearing a crown, stylized as a magazine cover. This was the administration's response to Trump's decision to cancel the "congestion pricing" introduced by his predecessor Joe Biden in New York.
The US military conducted a test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on February 19.
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