A $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request will force the government to slash funding for domestic programs like healthcare and Social Security.

Think Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Request Is Outrageous? This’ll Blow Your Mind. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-pentagon-budget-request-trillion-department-war-true-cost-military-spending/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon via @MotherJones

Think Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Request Is Outrageous? This’ll Blow Your Mind. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-pentagon-budget-request-trillion-department-war-true-cost-military-spending/ "Put bluntly, a larger military budget means more war. It also means a bigger deficit, which pressures Congress to further slash funding for health care, Social Security, climate resilience, food safety, and all manner of domestic programs people depend upon. If Congress gave Trump what he asked for, our military spending would gobble up some 75 percent of discretionary federal funds."