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Trump wants to send military spending to
the moon, calling for $1.5
trillion in 2027 to build his, and I
quote, "dream military and keep America
safe amid rising global threats, which
are happening, some of which because of
the way that America is behaving now."
He posted on True Social that the US
military budget for fiscal year 2027
should be 1.5 trillion. This is a jump
of roughly $500 billion dollars. That's
over 50% higher than the current 911
billion that Congress approved for 2026.
Trump described the increase as
essential for these quote very troubled
times for quote these very troubled and
dangerous times. He said it would build
the dream military the US has long been
entitled to and ensure safety regardless
of foe. He tied it to recent events like
the US operation to capture Venezuelan
leader Nicholas Maduro on drug charges
with US forces still active in the
Caribbean as of right now. Trump
suggested the hike could be paid for
with revenues from tariffs. Though the
Supreme Court is looking at that right
now, so we'll see without needing to
raise taxes. He did not provide
specifics on how much tariffs would
generate. And like I said, he certainly
didn't mention that they could be
declared unconstitutional right now. I
think as early as next week, but experts
note current collections fall short by
hundreds of billions. Trump also signed
an executive order to reform defense
contracting. It bans contractors from
using federal funds to stock buybacks or
excessive payouts, caps executive pay at
current levels, and prioritizes on-time
delivery, innovation, and production
capacity. The White House fact sheet
said this eliminates wasteful spending
to focus every dollar on lethality and
readiness. Now, I do not love all of
this top-down decree stuff, [snorts] but
in a populist moment, you will take what
you can get. I would much rather
I would much rather see him do things
that foster actual competitiveness and
don't put us in a position where we have
to sue the US government for other
people to come in to bid on some of
these contracts as we have seen in the
past. But at least somebody is doing
something about it. On January 8th,
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman
Roger Wicker and House Chairman Mike
Rogers issued a joint statement backing
the $ 1.5 trillion figure. They called
it exactly the kind of investment needed
to rebuild the military against threats
from China, Russia, and Iran as well as
narot terrorists. They noted it would
push US defense spending to about 5% of
GDP, which would set an example for NATO
allies, which is something that Trump
has been banging the drum about. Defense
stocks surged after the announcement.
Loheed Martin rose 4.2%. RTX was up 3.8%
8% and Northrup Grumman up about 5.1% on
January 8th per market data. The sector
gained overall amid expectations that
there's now going to be more contracts
for ships, planes, and tech. The budget
impact analysis though is horrifying.
The Nonpartisan Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget, something we
haven't seen in a long time, released a
report on January 8th estimating the $
1.5 trillion budget would add 5.8
trillion to the national debt over the
next decade, including interest costs.
That's on top of the current $ 38
trillion debt. The CRFB noted this
assumes no offsets. Even with tariffs,
it could still add trillions. So,
needless to say, I hate it from the
perspective of what it's going to do to
inflation and how negatively that's
going to impact the vast majority of
Americans. I want to be clear, this
hasn't passed or anything, but this is
what he's pushing for.
>> Um, and this was Tucker Tucker Carlson's
response to it.
>> The president announced that he is
hiking the Pentagon budget from 1
trillion to 1.5 trillion. just announced
that.
>> Why? Well, it's hard to know without
asking him. He'll explain, but big
picture, obviously, that's the kind of
budget that a country that anticipates
a global or regional war has for its
military. There's no other reason to do
that. That's not a peacekeeping.
>> He's right. It's not a peacekeeping
thing. I really think so. There are two
things at play right now. You are in
Thusidities's trap. Everybody needs to
just embrace that. So, China's on the
rise. we're on the decline. The odds
that the odds that we end up at war is
75%. So looking at just historicals,
that's the number. It's not unavoidable,
but the odds are not with us. Um,
but there's another thing at play here,
which is Trump dropped some bombs on
Fort and that [ __ ] worked. He was like,
damn, that was cool. I [ __ ] love the
way that made me feel. Then he goes up
and he negotiates, negotiates,
negotiates with Maduro. Maduro doesn't
give him what he wants. And like
imagine, Drew, you're in a business
negotiation and like you're really
trying to be nice. You're trying to like
just get it done and like, "No, it's a
good deal for both of us. Like we're
going to make this work." Uh, and then
they don't do it and you're like, "All
right, [ __ ] them." You kidnap them and
you take their [ __ ] So, he's just like,
"I've got this card in my back pocket
that they know while I'm negotiating."
And sometimes I'm going to be like this.
Like, he just pulls open his coat and
like the little card is just sticking up
just a little bit like like you would
show your gun in [laughter] your holster
or your belt. And he's just like, "Oh, I
really like this." And if this is what
it feels like at 900 billion, what does
this feel like at 1.5
trillion? Then I'm like, dude,
>> oh, you don't want to give us Green
Greedland. Okay, I'll be right back.
>> I'm going to roll down the street to
Davos in a hovercraft just to be like, I
can, [ __ ] I got $1.5 trillion
dollar. You guys think you've got like
some hard-hitting [ __ ] No, no,
no. Like, we will roll up on you in the
dead of night. We will [ __ ] burrow in
here from the [ __ ] core [laughter] of
the earth and get you wherever the [ __ ]
we want because that's how the military
rolls. In fact, boys and girls, [ __ ]
Jewish space lasers. [laughter] We got
American space lasers, [ __ ] Like,
we're coming in hard. Like,
better,
>> dude. That is I guarantee in the dead of
night when he is like just slowly
fondling his his unit. He's thinking of
space lasers and [ __ ] what he can do
with that budget, rolling up in the
hovercraft. Oh, yeah. A,000%, bro.
>> A,000%. That That is where he goes. He's
Yeah. Like it's [snorts] wild. So 1.5 is
amazing.
>> Quiet as it kept. That's what I was
looking for. Can we throw this up? Um
Russia rejected the US President Trump
20point peace uh plan to end the war in
Ukraine. So after the peace talk summits
happened, Russia kind this kind of has
been silent because all everything else
has been going on. But they just
requested they just rejected the peace
plan. So that 1.5 maybe some of that
money goes to Europe or maybe that some
of that money goes to the front lines of
Ukraine, Russia. how Trump is. I don't
know which side it will go to, but you
know,
>> that is way too accurate, Drew. Uh, he
is going to use that wherever he feels
he needs to from a negotiating position.
Now listen, all jokes aside, I not all
of it is bad in terms of dealing with
Thusidity's trap, making sure that you
draw lines around the Western
Hemisphere, making sure that people
understand that you mean business,
knowing that Europe may not be the ally
that you were hoping it was going to be
in the future, knowing that you need to
modernize your uh military, all of that
stuff, that your sanctions are only
going to work as you are as well as
you're able to enforce them. Look, they
they are the moves of a dying empire
that no longer has seduction on its
side, that no longer can get um
cooperation without coercion. So, it's
horrible. I really hate to see it, but
it's like the only thing worse would be
not admitting that that's where you're
at.
>> And so, um the the problem is if he does
it through money printing, this is
horrific. You you just you have to
balance the budget. And so, Thus
Cidities trap or not, you have to
balance your budget. And I know that
people will uh be confused and they
won't understand that that money is just
going to come directly out of everyone's
pocket. So we are all going to pay for
this uh because it's going to be done by
debasing the currency. And you know,
look, our audience understands that, but
unfortunately the vast majority of
Americans don't. So you're going to get
a lot of people um that I don't even
know that he's going to be able to get
this passed to be honest with you. But
uh if he can get people on his side on
it, they won't understand what it's
going to do to