{"id":31867,"date":"2026-01-07T23:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/07\/trump-proposes-massive-increase-in-2027-defense-spending-to-15t\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:59:15","slug":"trump-proposes-massive-increase-in-2027-defense-spending-to-15t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/defense\/2026\/01\/07\/trump-proposes-massive-increase-in-2027-defense-spending-to-15t\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing \u201ctroubled and dangerous times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/01\/06\/this-was-surgical-the-tactics-behind-the-maduro-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/01\/06\/this-was-surgical-the-tactics-behind-the-maduro-mission\/\">U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> and spirit him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in the United States. U.S. forces continue to mass in the Caribbean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 military budget is set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2025\/12\/08\/proposed-defense-bill-would-fund-golden-dome-next-gen-fighters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2025\/12\/08\/proposed-defense-bill-would-fund-golden-dome-next-gen-fighters\/\">at $901 billion.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump in recent days has also called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/01\/05\/trumps-venezuela-takeover-fuels-fresh-angst-about-a-us-greenland-grab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/01\/05\/trumps-venezuela-takeover-fuels-fresh-angst-about-a-us-greenland-grab\/\">taking over the Danish territory of Greenland<\/a> for national security reasons and has suggested he\u2019s open to carrying out military operations in Colombia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ominously warned that longtime adversary Cuba \u201cis in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis will allow us to build the \u2018Dream Military\u2019 that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe,\u201d Trump said in a posting on Truth Social announcing his proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military just received a large boost of some $175 billion in the GOP\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d of tax breaks and spending reductions that Trump signed into law last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insisting on more funding for the Pentagon is almost certain to run into resistance from Democrats who work to maintain parity between changes in defense and nondefense spending. But it\u2019s also sure to draw objections from the GOP\u2019s deficit hawks who have pushed back against larger military spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Trump said he feels comfortable surging spending on the military because of increased revenue created by his administration through tariffs imposed on friends and foes around the globe since his return to office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. government collected gross revenues of $288.5 billion last year from tariffs and other excise taxes, up from $98.3 billion in 2024, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. That\u2019s a meaningful increase in revenues from taxing imports. 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be doing business with Department of War,\u201d Trump said on social media. \u201cAlso, if Raytheon wants further business with the United States Government, under no circumstances will they be allowed to do any additional Stock Buybacks, where they have spent Tens of Billions of Dollars, until they are able to get their act together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is responsible for making some of the military\u2019s most widely used and notable missiles, including the Tomahawk cruise missile, the shoulder-launched Javelin and Stinger missiles and the Sidewinder air-to-air missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raytheon also owns Pratt &amp; Whitney, a company that is responsible for manufacturing a host of jet engines that power aircraft for all the military branches, including the newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wall Street, shares of defense contractors fell, with Northrop Grumman dropping 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