“US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset ordered the Pentagon and the Armed Forces to develop plans for the annual decline in the defense budget by 8% over the next five years. Source: The Washington Post newspaper with reference to the Memorandum of Hegsset and officials aware of the question, writes “European Truth” details: in the Memorandum Hegset asks to prepare variants of Pentagon expenditures by February 24 and gives a list from 17 categories that the Trump administration wants budget.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Washington Post newspaper with reference to the Memorandum of Hegsset and officials aware of the question, writes “European Truth”
Details: In the Memorandum, Hegset asks to prepare varies of Pentagon cost reductions by February 24 and provides a list of 17 categories that Trump’s administration wants to withdraw from the budget.
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“Among them are operations on the southern US border, the modernization of nuclear weapons and missile defense, as well as the purchase of unilateral drones and other ammunition,” the message reads.
The intentions to reduce “billions of dollars” of defense expenses earlier personally supported Donald Trump.
Reduced budget by 8% annually for five years means that it should be reduced by about 34% during this period. This will be the greatest reduction since 2013.
According to The Washington Post, Congress has a wide consensus that significant defense costs are needed to contain threats, in particular from China and Russia.
At the same time, US policies have also made claims to the effectiveness of the US defense department – for example, because of “lost” for billions of dollars in accounting for weapons sent to Ukraine.
The Pentagon budget for 2025 is about $ 850 billion.