The U.S. military budget is significantly higher than officially reported, with the true cost likely to be much larger than the $1.5 trillion requested by Trump.

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 budget 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/ > We already spend at least that much on the US military each year, and maybe a lot more. “The true scale of the military budget is much larger than reported,” and the extent of the undercounting “is likely to stun most Americans.”