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Trump wants US$1.5 trillion for ‘dream military’. Will China boost spending in response? (www.scmp.com)
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US President Donald Trump’s proposal to boost next year’s military budget to US$1.5 trillion aims to blunt China’s global influence, a move analysts said could push Beijing to speed up its own military build-up with “greater urgency”. On Wednesday, Trump wrote on social media that the US military budget for the 2027 financial year should be raised in the face of “very troubled and dangerous times”. “This will allow us to build the ‘Dream Military’ that we have long been entitled to and, more...

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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

just what America fucking needs! Over 2x defense spending! Definitely not education, healthcare, childcare, food and housing stability, nah what we need is a grand wehrmacht for glorious conquest!