Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts

[Zincwarrior]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/

 

[marvin martian]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/

You DemoKKKrats have been asking for this for DECADES. Now you're going to hate it.

LOL

 

[The Duke]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Looks like the Pentagon is going to have to review all those gender affirmation surgeries and abortions they pay for.

 

[luiza]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

Good to see you applauding Trumpfy's good judgements , PinkCabbage .
Am surprised he has been kind and is only looking for an 8% annual drop .

For a country that never ever wins when involved in conflicts , the Pentagon has been dealt with very generously

 

[Moonglow]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/

The DOD bitched when it was a five percent cut during Oblama.

 

[Moonglow]

Looks like the Pentagon is going to have to review all those gender affirmation surgeries and abortions they pay for.

But not cut out the daily ration of beer.

 

[Moonglow]

You DemoKKKrats have been asking for this for DECADES. Now you're going to hate it.

LOL

President Obama's Record and Proposals for Cutting ...​

National Archives (.gov)
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov › 2012/12/11 › p...




Dec 11, 2012 — The President has signed $1 trillion in discretionary spending cuts into law through the Budget Control Act, and his budget calls for more than $340 billion in ...

 

[Donald H]

It has to be a temporary measure for saving money wasted on weapons that are obsolete against an enemy bigger than Cuba.

Why build more aircraft carriers?

 

[The Duke]

It has to be a temporary measure for saving money wasted on weapons that are obsolete against an enemy bigger than Cuba.

Why build more aircraft carriers?

Because that's what gives us superiority over China, China Shill Boy!
And you bet your ass it does.
America has the ability to project force. I would not recommend messing with America.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Oddball]

Because that's what gives us superiority over China, China Shill Boy!
And you bet your ass it does.
America has the ability to project force. I would not recommend messing with America.

We don't need two new Ford carriers...Kinetic war is obsolete.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

A couple three or four bases out in California, Oregon, and Washington state, could be closed and sold off.

SMILE

 

[Oddball]

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A couple three or four bases out in California, Oregon, and Washington state, could be closed and sold off.

SMILE

Dozens of bases across the globe can be shuttered.....Especially in Europe.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/

8% for 5 years is not 40% no matter what you learned in school. It's actually closer to 34%.

 

[HaShev]

Well this is Interesting. A forty percent defense cut?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/

Just cutting out the defense contract kickbacks to political campaigns saves them over 10-20%, then cutting out the other waste and abuses is another 20% so it's not hampering any supplying it's making it more efficient and practical.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Dozens of bases across the globe can be shuttered.....Especially in Europe.

Which ones? Are we pulling out of NATO?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

We don't need two new Ford carriers...Kinetic war is obsolete.

Tell that to Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, etc.

Besides, they are already being built.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Looks like the Pentagon is going to have to review all those gender affirmation surgeries and abortions they pay for.

Trump did away with that. Didn't you hear?

 

[fncceo]

The DOD bitched when it was a five percent cut during Oblama.

I reckon they’ll kvetch worse now. It doesn’t really change anything.