Trump Proposes Increasing Military Spending by 66 Percent With $1.5 Trillion 2027 Budget

Democrats and Republican deficit hawks will likely raise objections to the defense spending increase.

An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump on Jan. 7 proposed increasing the Pentagon’s budget to $1.5 trillion in 2027, saying it would give the United States its “Dream Military” during what he described as “very troubled and dangerous times.”

The call for what would increase the U.S. military budget by 66 percent from $901 billion in 2026 comes days after the Trump administration’s operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and oust him from power so he could face drug trafficking and terrorism-related charges in Manhattan court.