Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing (opens in new tab)

The president’s proposed $445bn increase in military spending would batter popular domestic programs as millions struggleWith Americans focused on Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, far too few Americans are focusing on another disastrous Trump idea: increasing the Pentagon’s budget to a colossal $1.5tn. Just as Trump’s Iran war has hurt millions of Americans by sending gas prices skyward, Trump’s supersized Pentagon budget will hurt millions of Americans because Trump, to help...