Trump announces US defense budget to reach approximately $1 trillion

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that his administration has prepared a defense budget totaling “approximately” $1 trillion.

“We have also confirmed a budget that amounts to nearly $1 trillion. No one has ever seen anything like this. We need to be strong; there are very bad forces all around us, so we will approve the budget, and I am proud to say that it will be the largest budget we have ever provided to our military,” Trump stated during a meeting at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The U.S. president made this statement while discussing the operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The meeting included Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who did not immediately comment on the president’s remarks regarding the new budget. Later, he made a post on X, stating, “Coming soon: the first trillion-dollar budget for the Department of Defense. President Trump is rebuilding our military quickly.”

As reported by American media outlets, Trump and Hegseth’s comments on the military budget came as a surprise, as the proposal was not expected to be presented until the end of May. The defense budget for 2024 was set at $841 billion.