Sailors prepare an F-35C Lightning II to launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
CNN: What the massive US military budget pays for
When President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill on Friday, he approved what his administration calls the largest military budget in US history, $700 billion.
The military budget approved on Friday is packed with funding for new weapons as well as upgrades for older systems.
On Tuesday, CNN reported that Trump has privately floated the idea of using that military budget to fund construction of a border wall with Mexico. Trump discussed that idea in a private meeting last week with House Speaker Paul Ryan, a source familiar with the conversations said, as he reviewed the omnibus spending bill, which does not include funding for construction of a wall.
It was not immediately clear how serious Trump was about pursuing this option, but the move would likely face steep hurdles with appropriators in Congress.
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