{"id":16349,"date":"2018-12-27T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/27\/in-iraq-visit-trump-makes-false-claim-about-military-pay-again\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:19:38","slug":"in-iraq-visit-trump-makes-false-claim-about-military-pay-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/12\/27\/in-iraq-visit-trump-makes-false-claim-about-military-pay-again\/","title":{"rendered":"In Iraq visit, Trump makes false claims about military pay again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s visit to Iraq this week brought with it another round of controversy surrounding White House claims about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2018\/05\/09\/trump-confused-about-military-pay-claims-troops-saw-no-raises-for-a-decade\/\" target=_blank>military pay<\/a>, as the commander in chief again incorrectly claimed he provided the troops with their first raise in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2018\/05\/22\/troops-poised-for-their-biggest-pay-raise-in-nine-years\/\" target=_blank> more than a decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou haven\u2019t gotten one in more than 10 years. More than 10 years!\u201d he told a crowd of applauding service members during his remarks at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Wednesday. \u201cAnd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/05\/10\/house-panel-adopts-716-billion-defense-authorization-plan\/\" target=_blank>we got you a big one<\/a>. I got you a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has repeatedly claimed that troops hadn\u2019t seen a pay raise during President Barack Obama\u2019s time in the White House. In fact, troops have seen a pay raise of at least 1 percent every year for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/02\/20\/how-do-at-past-military-pay-increases-compare-to-whats-being-proposed-for-2019\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18040446324521.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\">How do past military pay increases compare to what\u2019s being proposed for 2019?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Trump earlier this month called for a 2.6 percent pay increase for fiscal 2019 as part of his budget request to Congress.<\/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 president also appeared to claim he pushed for a 10 percent pay raise in 2019, even though the actual rate his administration publicly supported and eventually got approved was only 2.6 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[People said] we could make it 3 percent. We could make it 2 percent. We could make it 4 percent,&#8221; he told the troops. \u201cI said, \u2018No, make it 10 percent. Make it more than 10 percent.\u2019 Because it\u2019s been a long time. It\u2019s been more than 10 years. That\u2019s a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2018 military pay raise, approved in Trump\u2019s first year in office, was 2.4 percent. It was the largest the military had seen in eight years, but followed a federal formula matching the expected rise in civilian sector wages for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some cases over the last 10 years, the annual military pay hikes have been lower than those comparable salaries, leading to a gap in the wages of troops and their non-military peers. But military pay has increased annually every year dating back to the early days of President Ronald Reagan\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also claimed he had to fight for the higher pay raises, despite the fact that they passed with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey had plenty of people that came up, they said, \u2018You know, we could make [the military raise] smaller,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s initial pay raise proposal for 2018 was only 2.1 percent, which would have matched the final pay raise passed during the Obama administration. Lawmakers overrode that proposal by Trump, approving the higher 2.4 percent mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For junior enlisted troops, this year\u2019s 2.6 percent pay increase amounts to about $670 more a year in pay. For senior enlisted and junior officers, the hike equals about $1,300 more. For an O-4 with 12 years service, it\u2019s more than $2,300 extra next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/05\/09\/trump-confused-about-military-pay-claims-troops-saw-no-raises-for-a-decade\/\" 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\/AP_18129573248250.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\">Trump seems confused about military pay, claims troops received no raises for a decade<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Service members have received an annual pay raise for more than 30 years, but Trump claimed he gave troops their first pay increase in 10 years.<\/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\">Trump told the deployed troops that their increased salaries were well deserved. He noted that the fiscal 2019 defense budget totals $716 billion, a significant increase over the previous year, and promised that in fiscal 2020 the figure will go \u201ceven a little bit higher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just two months ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/30\/top-defense-republicans-blast-trumps-700-billion-military-budget-as-dangerous\/\" target=_blank>Trump proposed trimming the defense budget back to $700 billion<\/a> in fiscal 2020 before military and congressional leaders lobbied him to aim higher in his budget negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can\u2019t play cheap with our warriors or military,\u201d Trump told the crowd. \u201cWe can\u2019t play cheap with victory. 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