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Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget comes at a time when the federal budget deficit is at $1.8 trillion and federal debt is nearly $40 trillion. On its current trajectory, public debt as a percentage of GDP in 2030 will exceed the record set in 1946. wapo.st/466UOli
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Opinion | I’m a hawk. Even I’m shocked by a $1.5 trillion defense budget.
The request would top World War II spending while funding boondoggles and sweetheart deals.