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Trump pushes pay raise for troops
Bangkok Post
|June 27, 2025
Govt to buy less jets to fund priorities
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US President Donald Trump wants a pay raise for troops, more high-tech missiles and drones in next year’s defence budget, while cutting Navy jobs, and buying fewer ships and fighter jets to save money, according to budget materials posted on Wednesday.
At $892.6 billion (about 29 trillion baht), the defence and national security budget request is flat compared with this year.
The budget, which also includes nuclear weapons-related activities carried out by the Department of Energy and increases funding for homeland security, puts Mr Trump’s mark on the military by pulling funds away from weaponry and services to fund his priorities.
The White House said the funding will be used to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific, and revitalise the defence industrial base.
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