Politics: The Pentagon and congressional spending committees are putting together a draft defense budget that does not exceed $1.1 trillion, meaning a $400 billion shortfall from the number announced by Trump. A former official said frankly that "no one expects anything close to 1.5 trillion", and emphasized that the military establishment is already developing alternative plans to deal with the lack of funding. for details.

Politics: The Pentagon and congressional spending committees are putting together a draft defense budget that does not exceed $1.1 trillion, meaning a $400 billion shortfall from the number announced by Trump. A former official said frankly that "no one expects anything close to 1.5 trillion", and emphasized that the military establishment is already developing alternative plans to deal with the lack of funding. for details.