Trump Wants to Spend $500 Billion More on Defense

Posted on 01/08/2026
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Bloomberg's George Ferguson breaks down the market reaction to President Trump's calls for a $1.5 trillion dollar defense budget, as well as his threat to cut some of the most notable names in defense technology at the same time. The president took to Truth Social to single out RTX, writing that the defense contractor would no longer be doing business with the government unless it stepped up upfront spending.

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