(USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Trump released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget blueprint which provides an overview of the Administration’s overarching priorities for discretionary spending which includes big increases for military readiness and a border wall.
President Donald Trump, in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, explains his budget proposal:
Dear Mr. Speaker:
I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed appropriations request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The request includes an additional $30 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD) to rebuild the U.S. Armed Forces and accelerate the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and an additional $3 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for urgent border protection activities.
This appropriations request would provide $24.9 billion in the DOD base budget for urgent warfighting readiness needs and to begin a sustained effort to rebuild the U.S. Armed Forces. The request seeks to address critical budget shortfalls in personnel, training, maintenance, equipment, munitions, modernization, and infrastructure investment. It represents a critical first step in investing in a larger, more ready, and more capable military force.
The request also includes $5.1 billion in the Overseas Contingency Operations budget for DOD to accelerate the campaign to defeat ISIS and support Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. This request would enable DOD to pursue a comprehensive strategy to end the threat ISIS poses to the United States.
In addition, this appropriations request would provide an additional $3 billion for DHS implementation of my executive orders on border security and immigration enforcement. The request would fund efforts to plan, design, and construct a physical wall along the southern border, and make other critical investments in tactical border infrastructure and technology. The request also proposes funding to increase immigration detention capacity, which is necessary to ensure the removal of illegal aliens from the United States. Finally, the request funds new recruiting capacity at DHS so that it may hire additional immigration law enforcement officers and agents.
In conjunction with this request, I recommend that the Congress enact non-defense discretionary reductions of $18 billion in FY 2017, which would fully offset the amounts proposed for DHS and would offset half of the amounts proposed for DOD.
The details of this proposal are set forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump
7 thoughts on “President Trump releases budget request for huge military spending increase to boost “urgent war fighting readiness””
I see that Trump cut the EP ? by about 1/4 and their revenge was to allocate $100,000,000.00 to the city of flint Michigan for water quality. Do you know that it was a EPA project that switched Flints water supply over to the Flint river water instead of their own water supply – Trump should cut another 100 million from the EPA budget – other than that did you know during the Bush/Obama reign of terror 100,000 NEW federal regulation were bestowed upon American Taxpayers – And you thought only putin was a dicktater.
President Trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do when he was asking for this job. I voted for him and I am very encouraged that we have a President that is actually following up on all of his promises he made on the campaign trail. History is being made and I like it. This will be a good Presidency.
Obamma and Hitlerly built up the muzzy army instead of ours.
He would not have to do this if it wasn’t for Obama letting our military debilitate for eight years. We have that kook in North Korea ready to drop the big one on the U.S. because of it. We have Russia and Iran on the other side thinking we are weak enough to be attacked.
The search for WMD cost us dearly in blood and treasure and Bush wrote the check that bounced.
Bullshit. More American lives lost to unnecessary wars.
We have about 12 countries that want to kick our azz – YOU might think this is a good move if your not a globalist or a snake demorat.