A Democratic wave in November would likely decimate the president that of Donald Trump signature defense programs – from a gigantic missile shield to a fleet of nuclear-powered battleships – that he had hoped would define his legacy in office.
Lawmakers from both parties warn Trump’s The proposed record $1.5 trillion defense budget, which includes these initiatives, will face insurmountable opposition from Democrats if they take control of either chamber of Congress. And Trump’s Military planners offered no alternative for how to finance them if the president’s budget request was insufficient.
Asset crooned about his favorite defense projects, call the Golden Dome defense shield “about as perfect as it gets” and predict his golden fleet The shipbuilding project would be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.”
But the potential impasse over defense spending not only threatens to block the president’s defense ambitions, it could also affect how quickly the country can replenish its weapons stockpiles severely depleted by the war in Iran.
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