Donald Trump’s plan to raise US military spending to $1.5trn at best signals a plan to put military force at the centre of his presidency, and at worst, an administration planning for all-out war.
The president this week unveiled his proposal to increase the defence budget by almost 60% by the 2027 fiscal year, after three weeks of lethal US operations in Nigeria, Syria, Venezuela and the Caribbean and Pacific littorals.
An increase of this kind, up from $901bn this year, suggests a White House making preparations for major war – a scenario that Trump has said the world must be prepared for.
