WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump is expected to ask for $716 billionin defense spending in the 2019 budget he is to unveil next month, theWashington Post reported on Friday.
The $716 billion figure for 2019 would cover the Pentagon’s annual budgetas well as spending on ongoing wars and the maintenance of the U.S. nucleararsenal.
It would increase Pentagon spending by more than 7 percent over the 2018budget, which still has not passed through Congress, said the Post, whichcited unnamed U.S. officials for the report. – Agencies