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Trump Proposes 23% Cut to NASA Budget (verity.news)

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday submitted a budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2027 seeking $1.5 trillion in defense spending, a roughly 44% increase over 2026 levels, while proposing a 10% reduction in non-defense discretionary spending totaling $73 billion in cuts.

The proposed defense budget includes funding for Trump's Golden Dome missile defense system, a pay raise of 5% to 7% for military personnel and $65.8 billion for 34 new combat and support ships. The White House said the request "advances President Trump's delivery of peace through strength."

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Why not?

The only part of NASA's mission that's important to Trump, is the for-show stuff, like a needless Moon mission, to, like Operation Epstein Fubar, distract from what he's really doing.

All the rest is going to be shed, throughout the remainder of his time, probably..

Ego's lord, now.

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