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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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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True, and it will create a debt. As new advances are made, the US will be paying a premium to access them, thanks to the 'bull in a china shop' foreign policy of Donald and his cronies.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Indeed, these things were going to happen regardless, but Trump accelerated the process dramatically.