Defense minister Pete Hegseeth has ordered the agency to develop plans to lower 8% of the Ministry of Defense Budget in each of the next five years to adapt to the priorities of President Donald Trump, in particular to achieve peace through strength, said officials.
Hegseeth asks for plans in an attempt to identify offsets from the 2026 financial year of the BIDEN administration that can be tailored to a low-impact and low-priority Biden-Legacy programs, said a statement from spokesperson for Pentagon Robert Salesses .
Air reproduction of the Pentagon. The Ministry of Defense is expected to carry out dismissals after members of Doge have arrived, according to a report from Washington Post. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty images)
Hegseeth ordered the proposed cuts that would be drawn up on Monday according to a memo.
“The time for preparation is over. We have to act urgently to revive the Warrior ethos new life Our armyAnd restore the deterrence, “wrote Hegseeth.” Our budget will stop the fighting forces we need with unnecessary defense issues, reject excessive bureaucracy and indicate useful reform, including progress on the audit. “
The Washington Post reported the memo for the first time. Fox News Digital has contacted the Pentagon.
Salesse said the money saved could be used to re -align the defense agency to the new priorities of Trump, including the “Iron Dome for America”, his slogan for a rocket weather system.
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The American Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth gives comments during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Pentagon on 5 February in Arlington, VA. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)
“The Ministry of Defense Perform this review to ensure that we use the best dollars from the taxpayer in a way that provides the defense priorities of President Trump efficiently and effectively, “he said.
“The department will develop a list of potential offsets that can be used to finance these priorities, and to re -focus the department on its core mission of deterrence and winning wars,” he added. “The offsets are aimed at 8% of the FY26 budget of the BIDEN administration, a total of around $ 50 billion, which will then be spent on programs that are tailored to President Trump’s priorities.”
With the cutbacks, the Ministry of Defense can stop all the unnecessary expenses that put the army back under the Biden administration due to climate change and other “awake” programs, Salesse said. Hegseeth has emphasized that the US wants to ‘breathe new life into the Warriorethos’.
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The request for cutbacks is amid a separate order of the Trump administration Fire thousands From probation -employees of DOD, who are supervised by the Ministry of Efficiency of the Government or Doge.
