{"id":44438,"date":"2018-10-17T18:36:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T18:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/17\/trump-appears-to-call-for-defense-spending-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:39:30","slug":"trump-appears-to-call-for-defense-spending-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/17\/trump-appears-to-call-for-defense-spending-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump appears to call for defense spending cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 In a surprise announcement, U.S. President Donald Trump has called for government spending to be cut 5 percent across every federal department, leaving next year\u2019s military budget in confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would like you to come back with a 5 percent cut,\u201d Trump told members of his Cabinet during a Tuesday meeting. \u201cGet rid of the fat, get rid of the waste, I\u2019m sure you can do it. I\u2019m sure everybody at this table can do it. It\u2019ll have a huge impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was specifically asked about the Pentagon\u2019s budget by a reporter and did not say the department would be exempt. However, he did say the department\u2019s budget &#8220;will probably be $700 billion\u201d for fiscal 2020, noting that \u201cbecause now that we have our military taken care of, we have our law enforcement taken care of, we can do things that we really weren\u2019t in a position to do when I first came.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/04\/can-the-us-fight-two-big-wars-at-once-new-report-casts-doubts\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-886721318-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The US may not be able to fight two big wars at once<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">America&#039;s \u201cmarginal\u201d military means the U.S. would struggle if forced to take on a second major conflict at the same time, a new report has found.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s budget for FY19 was $686.1 billion, with overall national security funding set at $716 billion. Additionally, a drop from $716 billion to $700 billion is only a 2.23 percent drop; a full 5 percent cut would put national security spending to $680, with the Pentagon\u2019s total at $651.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A budget increase for the Pentagon to $700 billion would represent a funding increase, but Trump\u2019s comments indicated he is referring to a drop from the larger $716 billion figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was at 520 a very short while ago. And the reason I brought it up to 700 and then 716 was to build new ships,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe\u2019re building new, incredible submarines, the finest in the world, most powerful in the world, anywhere, ever. We\u2019re doing things that we have never done on this scale. So that included a lot of rebuilding of our military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo despite that, I\u2019m going to keep that at $700 billion defense. OK?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesman for the National Security Council did not return a request for clarification on Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Trump\u2019s comments hold and national security spending will drop, it would come at a time the department has been planning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2017\/12\/22\/pentagon-expects-on-time-budget-for-2019-but-trumps-masterpiece-will-be-in-2020\/\" target=_blank>invest in capabilities<\/a> needed under the National Defense Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon officials have been clear they see the need for 2 to 3 percent growth above inflation to fund requirements while also investing in manpower and new technologies. But there is a growing sense that FY20 may only come with an inflation bump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis two-year plus-up, where we\u2019ve seen some gains, if that isn\u2019t sustained in 2020 or beyond, you\u2019re going to lose whatever the goodness was that came from last year and this year,\u201d Dakota Wood, an analyst with The Heritage Foundation, told Defense News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2018\/10\/04\/army-readiness-shows-signs-of-improvement-but-gains-could-be-fleeting\/\" target=_blank>earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFY19 is now the ceiling. It\u2019s not the floor to build from,\u201d Wood said. \u201cWhat folks on the Hill and [the Office of Management and Budget] and others are looking at is the domestic political situation. \u2026 To argue for even more spending on defense is just politically not a real, viable prospect. Because you\u2019re talking about a future danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, Congress has plussed-up what it considers lower-than-desired defense levels. However, if Democrats take one or both chambers, there is an expectation they will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/defense-news-conference\/2018\/09\/05\/cuts-to-nuclear-spending-and-oversight-of-socom-what-to-expect-from-a-democratic-hasc\/\" target=\"_blank\">tamp down on military spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Joe Gould with Defense News and Leo Shane III with Military Times contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hot take from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeamusDaniels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SeamusDaniels<\/a> on Trumps defense budget remarks earlier today. 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