House Republicans unveiled a bill this week that would bring the 2025 US military budget to over $1 trillion.
The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) totaled about $885 billion, and the new supplemental bill drafted by the House and Senate’s armed services committees would add $150 billion, bringing the 2025 military budget to a record-breaking $1.035 trillion.
The bill includes $25 billion for President Trump’s vision to create a new missile defense system for the United States, which he has called the “Iron Dome for America” or the “Golden Dome.” The project would be a boondoggle for US weapons makers and would likely kick off a new global arms race.
According to The Hill, the bill also includes $33.7 billion for shipbuilding, $20.4 billion for munitions, $13.5 billion for “innovation,” $12.9 billion for nuclear deterrence, $11.5 billion for military readiness, $11.1 billion for building up in the Pacific, $7.2 billion for aircraft, $5 billion for the border, $4.5 billion for the B-21 bomber, $2 billion for military intelligence, and $380 million for the Pentagon’s annual audit.
Republicans in the House initially proposed a budget plan to boost military spending by $100 billion, while Senate Republicans pushed for the $150 billion increase.
President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have already said they will seek a more than $1 trillion military budget for 2026, and the White House is expected to make the request for the 2026 NDAA in May.
The US has never officially had a $1 trillion military budget, but the actual cost of US military spending has exceeded $1 trillion for years. According to veteran defense analyst Winslow Wheeler, based on the $895 billion NDAA, US national security spending for 2025 was expected to reach about $1.77 trillion.
Wheeler’s estimate accounts for military-related spending from other government agencies not funded by the NDAA, such as the Department of Veteran Affairs and Homeland Security. It also includes the national security share of the interest accrued on the US debt and other factors.
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Not only don't war crimes not matter, the congratulate themselves with high fives and emojis for killing civilians and blowing things up.
The main reason the military budget for some countries, such as China, if not all is higher than they would like is because of US…!
The main reason China's military budget is so high is because of the security threat from the imperialist U$A.
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What a waste.
Good that most of those money are stolen. Otherwise, the rivers of blood would be much bigger.
Most?! No, all of that money was stolen from the American people.
If all this money was stolen, there would be no war in Ukraine and no U.S. military bases on other continents. Unfortunately, not all the money was stolen.
You missed his point.
What the point? Do you mean Congress is illegal and has no right to decide about the budget? And the president too? He signed the budget.
His point was that taxpayers had no choice. Hence, stolen.
Taxpayers have the choice of not paying federal tax and pay just state tax to legitimize it…!
Really? I did that back in the 80's and they were on me like stink on shit.
If a lot of people do it in one year… that could corner the government…!
Except they won't because they've been scared to death of something or other and they believe they need their government to protect them. In the old days it was the Red Scares. Then the cold war. Then terrorism and Iraqi WMDs. Now, Iran and China, China, China!!
One thing that will never cease to amaze me is how brainwashed Americans are… and they don't even realize they've been fed propaganda day and night. Land of the enslaved and home of the sheeple.
They are more scared of Israel. Why, is the question of the ages.
Well… during Trump-1 both California and Texas showed their interest to break off the union. For Trump-2 the idea is still on the table for California as they want to make the state Trump-proof…! If push comes to shove California still could do it since they just surpassed the Japan economy a few days ago…!
I wish, I live in California. But I don't see any real desire for secession whatsoever, it's just a fringe idea. Personally, I can't understand why an intelligent state like CA would want to be in a union with retards like Texas or Alabama, but whatever!
And anyway, the cops here are all pro-Trump, so is the National Guard. I'm not so sure secession would go well when people with the big guns are against it, not the mention the Federal government.
And getting fined or jailed if they do.
Metaphorically, All US taxpayers are in Jail… not having the Freedom of controlling where their tax money go…!
Taxpayers elected their president and their congress.
And those who didn't still have to pay.
Of course they have to pay. That's how the state functions. Any state, democratic or not democratic. All citizens are supposed to have their obligations to their state.
So, you agree, stolen.
And almost very one of those representatives, whether a Democrat or Republican, took campaign contributions from one or more major defense contractors. People would like to point to one man for the face of fascism?
It's actually the face of many.
I would venture that 400 in the House did. I would venture that the same proportion in the Senate.
Bwahahaha, don't be so naive! Taxpayers were given the fake "choice" between two parties with the exact same economic program: redistribution of wealth from the working class to the rich. The system is explicitly designed to prevent the emergence of an alternative, God forbid Americans start voting socialist, God forbid they start demanding a welfare state instead of endless foreign wars!
That's why American politics are so nasty, the two parties are artificially differentiating themselves on cultural issues because real economic issues cannot be touched. Oh my God, a transgender person in the women's bathroom, it's end of the world!!! And while people are busy fighting over such BS issues, they are being robbed blind.
49% did. 48% did not. I mandate it was not.
Correcctomundo.
Burning our money. Not taking care of our needs with it. Just stupid people in D.C., controlled by oligarchs.
Security versus freedom
Tariffs versus tax cuts
Government debt versus inflation
Public debt service versus stock market crash and dollar decline
The government is cutting funding and jobs for science, research, education, health, the media, etc.
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tax-cuts-2025-budget-reconciliation/
https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-100-days-trump-blocking-least-430-billion-dollars-funding-owed-american
https://thehill.com/opinion/5270094-trump-tariffs-dollar-decline/
https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/us-dollar
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stocks-set-worst-100-day-start-since-nixon-trump-injects-semi-permanent-2025-04-29/
What a sick joke! The Pentagon has never passed an audit.
Pentagon is the Mafia of the United States… ! The top elite will pocket that money…!
A long time ago Marshal Trivulzio wrote to Louis XII: To carry out war three things are necessary: money, money and yet more money.
That $1 trillion is not money allocated for war, it's purely theft, redistribution of wealth from the working class to the owners of the military-industrial complex.
Wars are paid for with additional allocations, on top of the Pentagon budget… yet more theft.
But that's why they do need some made up wars, killing civilians here and there to justify for the military industrial complex to continue.
The only way to get a hold on defense spending is to eliminate the Federal Reserve. As long as they can keep printing up money out of thin air and collect interest on money that doesn't really exist, the wars will go on. Ron Paul said it many years ago, END THE FED!
Broken infrastructure, homelessness, out of control spending, unaffordable and dysfunctional healthcare system and so on. Yet there is always increased spending for the bottomless sordid corrupt pit of defense spending
Strange that the wealthiest country in the world can't afford free healthcare and affordable medications for its citizens like other developed countries.
Feeding the military-industrial complex is more important than your health.
Trump’s US Space Force logo looks very familiar.
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No country can afford free healthcare for anyone. Even if you just declare all doctors, nurses, etc. to be rightsless slaves, you still have to feed them or they’ll die more quickly than you can train new ones.
There might actually be a case for fully “socialized” healthcare instead of the part-“socialized”/part-state-regulated-fake-“private” US system, but if there’s healthcare it WILL have to be paid for.
Strange, Medicare and the public hospital system provides free or low-cost access for all citizens in my country to most healthcare services. Medical operations are free for public patients in public hospitals in Australia.
Meanwhile, 26,000 Americans die every year because they can't afford health insurance.
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None of that is free, unless the hospitals built themselves, they’re magically electrified from some weird element in the air, the doctors and nurses aren’t paid, etc.
“I’m not the one who has to pay for it” is not the same thing as “free.”
One reason that the US government can’t afford to pay for everyone’s medical care and the euro-style “social democracies” can is that the US government spends insane amounts of tax revenue on military garbage.
Another reason is that in order for governments to provide such services, they have to tax the vast bulk of their “middle class” citizenry, and a middle class American would rather chew his own arms off, after using those arms to throw his grandmother into a burning building, than pay more in taxes.
The costs of healthcare in Australia are covered through taxes. Residents pay 2% of their income to the Medicare Levy, which funds the public system.
Not having to pay one cent for my medical operations is not the same as going bankrupt paying my hospital bills, Thomas.
The US healthcare system, while spending more per capita than other developed nations, consistently performs poorly in comparison on measures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and outcomes. It ranks last among 10 developed nations on overall health care outcomes, with lower life expectancy and higher rates of preventable and treatable deaths. Despite high spending, the US system struggles with access due to high costs and lacks universal health coverage.
“The costs of healthcare in Australia are covered through taxes. Residents pay 2% of their income to the Medicare Levy, which funds the public system.”
In other words, it’s not “free” healthcare. Which is all I said.
Are paying taxes a problem for you?
What does Medicare cost? $0 for most people because they paid Medicare taxes while working.
If your only source of income is the disability or aged pension, it is not compulsory for you to lodge a tax return each year. In other words, your healthcare is "free".
Most Australian residents will not pay income tax if they have a taxable income below $22,575 in 2025–26, $22,866 in 2026–27 and $23,200 in 2027–28.
Note: Individuals may also benefit from the increase to the Medicare levy low‐income thresholds announced in the 2025–26 Budget.
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I'm not interested in debating how healthcare should be paid for, at least here (this is an antiwar forum, not a healthcare policy forum).
All I did was mention that no, it is not and never can be "free" in any country, regardless of any government's policy. It is a service that entails costs to provide. Someone will be paying those costs.
You’re certainly interested in quibbling over the semantics of word meanings. Free means without cost or payment, and healthcare definitely can be “free” in other countries, regardless of your opinion.
Yes, Medicare in Australia provides free or subsidized healthcare for eligible individuals. This includes a wide range of services like doctor visits, hospital treatment, and certain medical tests. Medicare is funded by the Australian taxpayer through a Medicare levy, which is 2% of taxable income.
Medicare is Australia’s universal health insurance scheme. It guarantees all Australians (and some overseas visitors) access to a wide range of health and hospital services at low or no cost. https://www.health.gov.au/topics/medicare?language=und
Reciprocal Health Care Agreements:
Agreements with 11 countries that covers the cost of medically necessary care when Australians visit certain countries and visitors from these countries visit Australia. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/reciprocal-health-care-agreements
“Medicare is funded by the Australian taxpayer through a Medicare levy, which is 2% of taxable income.”
In other words, It. Is. Not. Free. I has to be paid for.
That’s only “quibbling over semantics” in the same sense that if you claim a manufacturing process is fully automated and I notice that you’re using human slave labor in that process, I’m going to quibble over your uses of the phrase “fully automated.”
How health care is paid for and by whom might be worthwhile discussions to have. Pretending it is “free” is just a silly attempt to avoid such discussions.
Free = without cost or payment. In other words, my hospital bill = $o.
Your quibbling is in the sense of an arrogant American. Your silly argument is masked by the pretence that you oppose paying taxes.
While I do oppose being stolen from, I’m not arguing about ought, I’m pointing out irrefutable is.
Healthcare is never without cost or payment. Shifting the cost to someone else doesn’t magically make it “free.”
Stolen from? LOL! The point is, you oppose paying taxes.
Public services are never without cost, Thomas. That’s what taxes are for.
Healthcare is good in my country and our healthcare system is one of the best in the world.
“Public services are never without cost, Thomas.”
Glad you finally agree.
Funny that the wealthiest country on the planet can provide these services….
Public transportation
Fire departments
Police departments
Public libraries
Every branch of the US military
Roads & highways
Social Security
Medicare/medicaid
Public, not private prisons & jails
Public hospitals
The Veterans Affairs Administration
Public universities
Public parks
Public toilets
Public drinking fountains
Public parking
Public everything….
….but not a universal healthcare system.
Other countries with no free healthcare include Nigeria, Yemen, South Africa, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
I hope you are glad that the U.S. is on par with these countries.
An overview of countries that offer free healthcare. https://www.skuad.io/blog/an-overview-of-countries-that-offer-free-healthcare
It has nothing to do with whether I’m “glad” or not.
In point of fact, I have said for a long time that “single payer” healthcare might well be a better way (or at least a more cost-effective way) of going than the current idiotic part-“public,” part-“fake private” healthcare system.
That wasn’t the point.
The point was that if one wants to argue about how to pay for healthcare, pretending that it’s ever “free,” anywhere, is a bad place to argue from since that is obviously and irrefutably false.
Saying that "no country can afford free healthcare for anyone" is a stupid argument and clearly false.
No person or organization of any kind can “afford” free anything for anyone. That’s just a fact.
That’s just bullshit.
There actually is a very strong case for fully "socialized" healthcare. Health is a fundamental human right. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/health-is-a-fundamental-human-right
Right to health. https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/human-rights-and-anti-discrimination/human-rights-scrutiny/public-sector-guidance-sheets/right-health
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Don't worry, that number doesn't even matter if you're constantly allowed to fail for missing trillions of dollars in audits.
The Demo Rats don't trust Trump with anything except those "$1.77 trillion."
The Spend and Spend Republicans!…. You cannot spend your way through everything….! How about giving us some reliable options! For a change!….
The same guy who "talked" about cutting the budget by 50% shows how utterly full of shit he truly is. And yet his cult members will dutifully stand by their man.
Since Doge did not save the 1 trillion promised they will have to do some more cutting all around in order to shove it all to the War Department.
And to that end, why NOT just call it the War Department again ? American military adventuring's only acts of "defense" are those required to defend against countries and entities responding to threats created by… American military adventuring.
It's the NATO raison-d'etre, but with a bigger budget.
Russian Security Council Secretary Dmitry Medvedev stated on April 29 that Russia's war in Ukraine must end in Russian "victory" and the "destruction" of the current Ukrainian government…
Russian Presidential Aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev claimed in an interview with Kremlin newswire TASS published on April 29 that Ukrainian civilians, particularly those living in the Black Sea region, must "determine their own future." [sic]
Patrushev specifically noted that Odesa City spent over two centuries as the Russian Empire's and Soviet Union's outpost in the Black Sea and claimed that Odesa City residents have "nothing in common" with the current Ukrainian government. These statements are a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin's 2023 claim that Ukrainians living in the Black Sea region have nothing "to do with Ukraine" and that Odesa is a "Russian city…"
Yes because we don't have enough weaponry to destroy the world 1,000 times over, only 999 times, so we must jack up the military spending.
That's a spending cut and deflationary stimulus if I ever viewed one. /s
That's one of the reason they should be called RetardiQAns…!
Right. Remember the good old days when it was "only" $885 billion? /s
I have opined before – I would love if NASA and the Pentagon swapped budgets for 10 years.
That would be a better way to spend tax dollars but certainly not the best way.
The most inefficient department in all of government!
Apr 29, 2025 How $21 Trillion Went Missing Without a Trace: America’s Biggest Financial Coup Explained
https://youtu.be/dbO9qzfMK8Q?si=sqEYAiJzdOHhz2K1
The democrats only wanted $ 999 billion for "defense".
$999,999,999.95
The Military Offense Industry needs wars to keep their bloated budgets growing, and with the 'Peace Prez' doing his part, they will have them. This guy is about as goofy as his name indicates, Kellogg is as flaky as a box of corn flakes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-will-not-win-war-against-ukraine-kellogg/ar-AA1DRULt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a27670231e1f4d789a66c28d2718b5c3&ei=15
Headstart gets diced
Energy assistance chopped
consumer protection sliced
but the area that needs gutting the most instead gets fed?
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How about a bill to bring it down by $1T?
Those "cost-cutting" Republicans are at it again!
Very big, beautiful ,and grand iron dome of the great the very great America including Canada, Greenland, the Gulf of America. Panama , and Gaza.
Lol. Reaching one trillion under small government-pro peace Republican. Calvin Coolidge would've turned in his grave and Osama Bin Laden would be tickled pink in his.