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Despite all the hoopla in the media about President Trump proposing big increases in defense spending at the expense of domestic programs, the White House plan announced Monday would only\u00a0raise Pentagon outlays\u00a03% higher in 2018 than\u00a0the amount President Obama sought.\u00a0 It looks like a big boost for the military because the budget office\u00a0chose to\u00a0compare what President Trump wants to spend with what current law actually permits.\u00a0 But if that is your baseline, then President Obama was proposing an historic increase too, because both chief executives\u00a0ignored congressionally-mandated budget caps in their 2018\u00a0spending plans\u00a0for the\u00a0Pentagon.\u00a0 Problem is, the budget caps are still law through 2021, and the White House lacks\u00a0a strategy for getting the\u00a060-member “super majority”\u00a0it needs in the Senate to legislate a repeal.\u00a0 So the military shouldn’t count on getting much more money in 2018 than Obama was planning, and it may not\u00a0even get that much.\u00a0 I have written a commentary for Forbes here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite all the hoopla in the media about President Trump proposing big increases in defense spending at the expense of domestic programs, the White House plan announced Monday would only\u00a0raise Pentagon outlays\u00a03% higher in 2018 than\u00a0the amount President Obama sought.\u00a0 It looks like a big boost for the military because the budget office\u00a0chose to\u00a0compare what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump 'Historic' Defense Increase Is Barely Above What Obama Planned - And Faces Similar Obstacles (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/trump-historic-defense-increase-barely-obama-planned-faces-similar-obstacles-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump 'Historic' Defense Increase Is Barely Above What Obama Planned - And Faces Similar Obstacles (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite all the hoopla in the media about President Trump proposing big increases in defense spending at the expense of domestic programs, the White House plan announced Monday would only\u00a0raise Pentagon outlays\u00a03% higher in 2018 than\u00a0the amount President Obama sought.\u00a0 It looks like a big boost for the military because the budget office\u00a0chose to\u00a0compare what […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/trump-historic-defense-increase-barely-obama-planned-faces-similar-obstacles-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-28T20:03:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lex_share.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loren B. 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