As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states desire for more military money

[Eugene]

Source: The Independent

As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states desire for more military money

‘We want to raise defense spending. I think we have to have it,’ the president told Fox News in a recent interview

Mike Bedigan
in New York
Tuesday 11 February 2025 23:28 GMT

Donald Trump has said he wants to raise the amount spent on the U.S. military, even as “First Buddy” Elon Musk continues his crusade to slash federal spending by trillions of dollars.

“We want to raise defense spending. I think we have to have it,” the president said in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, which was broadcast Monday. He also vowed that DOGE would “check the military.”

"We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse, and the people elected me on that,” he said.

Trump added that he may place less emphasis on military budgets in the future, saying he plans to talk to Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin about curbing defense spending.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-musk-doge-cuts-military-spending-b2696498.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-tries-slash-trillions-federal-232834749.html

[walkingman]

1. There is huge waste in the DoD, everyone knows it and instead of cutting the waste - give them more?

[Irish_Dem]

2. The Pentagon is well known to have a great deal of fraud and waste.

So Trump wants to give them more money and cut programs for civilians.

[Hugin]

3. Okay, that did it...

“…. he plans to talk to Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin about curbing defense spending”.

Their unanimous reply: “Sounds good to us, big boy! Do it!”

I can’t stop laughing… He’s going to get us all fricking KILLED!

[Harker]

4. Start with Hegseth.

He's wasted, fraudulent, and abusive.