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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: TimF who wrote (69128)	4/30/2018 3:07:12 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) of 354217

Here are numbers on military spending for 2018 and projections for afterward. Trump outdoes Reagan in terms of increasing military spending as a percentage of the budget as well as historic levels. nationalpriorities.org Trump Budget Request Takes Military Share of Spending to Historic Levels Feb. 15, 2018 - Notes and Sources By 2023, the final year included in President Trump's budget request, military spending would make up 65 percent of the federal discretionary budget, compared to 54 percent in 2018. Nonmilitary discretionary spending would plummet 35%, from $591 billion in 2018 to $387 billion in 2023. Military spending would continue its rise, up 4 percent from $700 billion in 2018 (already an 8 percent increase over the last Obama military budget) to $726 billion in 2023. The last time military spending made up such a big share of the discretionary budget was in 1989: the year the Berlin Wall fell, "The Simpsons" debuted, and Taylor Swift was born. Related Blog Posts Trump's Massive Budget Cuts Spare the Military Congress Strikes a Deal for 54% Military Spending in Federal Budget

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