First trillion
“We really save money, but we have to build an army and be strong, because now there is too much bad power around, so we are approved for the budget and I think it will be the biggest budget we have provided to the army” – – – in question Donald Trump at his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House.
According to Bloomberg, the Donald Trump administration has not yet issued a budget request for the 2026 fiscal year, because the government is in force this year within the framework of temporary financing measures. The draft budget is expected to be presented before the end of the spring of this year.
The United States of the United States Lloyd Austin suggested that the US government would increase the defense costs of the US government in 2026 about 50 billion dollars than before, and as a result, the Pentagon budget to exceed $ 1 trillion in the coming years.
Curious, the president of the Pentagon Pit Hegset was one of the hottest supporters of efforts to reduce the costs of the government recently aiming to increase the efficiency of the government. Pentagon, which has 850 billion dollars per year for total budget and approximately 2 million employees, is the largest state institution in the United States.
However, on April 8, on the social network, X Pete Highset wrote: “Soon: the first trillion dollar budget of the US Department of Defense. US President Donald Trump is restoring our armed forces and quickly.”
At the same time, he stressed that the Pentagon plans to spend each dollar taxpayer wisely – on “incredible talent and preparation”.
In February, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered to reduce some of the reduced Pentagon and Military Services categories by 8% and to send these funds to more priority programs such as missile defense. It is not completely clear how these discounts will be combined with the new budget.
Where will the money go?
US President Donald Trump plans to create a iron dome missile shield to protect the continent part of the United States, and has already been named as “his great missile brother Donald Trump ..
At the beginning of this year, the President of the White House said, ım I will give our soldier an indication to start the construction of the Great Iron Dome Missile Shield, which will be completely produced in the United States. ”
However, even before the announcement of Donald Trump, these strategic initiatives have concentrated on the US efforts to modernize missile defense systems. In 2025, it is planned to be allocated 28.4 billion dollars, including $ 9.5 billion, including the NEC directly to the NEC in the United States, including 9.5 billion dollars for regional and strategic missile defense facilities.
As a reference, the Russian military budget in 2024 was $ 65.9 billion, ie almost half of the US Federation’s military budget in the United States is only going to work in the professional field. And most likely, after Trump’s statements about the “Great US missile shield ,, these appropriations will be significantly increased.
Strategic deterrence continues to be the main priority of the US Department of Defense. In a predictable future, according to the Pentagon, nuclear weapons will have a unique deterrers who cannot replace another element of military power. The Pentagon aims to modernize strategic nuclear powers, production and auxiliary infrastructure, scientific and engineering base. Naturally, all this requires a lot of money.
There is no doubt that he carefully examines a special military operation experience in the United States and that the most important tools will be deposited to develop unmanned systems from any basis. Many experts think that they use artificial intelligence with the main vehicle in achieving goals in the future wars.
From the conflict in Ukraine in the Pentagon, lessons were taken for a future armed conflict with China. Washington also noticed the need to increase missiles and ammunition production, rapid delivery instead of hostilities and accelerate the implementation of the American Military-Space program.
Large funds will also be invested in the NGAD program (new generation air sovereignty, air superiority of the new generation), which includes the deployment of an entire “connected system family” to carry out war operations in the airspace. Warriors can include unmanned aerial vehicles, satellites in space and cyber platforms.
As it is, Donald Trump’s administration, “It is not compatible with the principle that has more sections, is right and determines geopolitical and geostrategic game rules”. Moreover, the chapters in this case should be understood as total military-economic potential, the economic, financial and completely military capabilities of the United States. So the trillion dollar budget.
The author’s opinion may not overlap with the position of the editors.
Biography of the author:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khoroddenok – Gazete.ru’s military observer, retired colonel.
He graduated from the Minsk High Engineering Zenit Missile School (1976),
Military Command Air Defense Academy (1986).
End-Free Missile Department S-75 (1980-1983) Commander.
Anti-Aragraft Deputy Commander of the Missile Regiment (1986-1988).
General Assembly of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
General Staff Main Operational Department (1992-2000).
A graduate of the General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Independent Gazeta Office (2000-2003), Newspaper Military-Industry Courier Editor-in-Chief (2010-2015).
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Source: Gazeta
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