Trump Agrees On Proposal To Boost Pentagon's Budget To $750 Bln In 2019 - Reports

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 10th December, 2018) US President Donald Trump agreed with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis's proposal to increase the Defense Department's funding to $750 billion in 2019, local media reported, citing sources in the US administration.

Last week, Trump said that the US defense spending was "crazy" and expressed hope for holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the future in order to put an end to "uncontrollable arms race."

According to the CNN broadcaster, Trump abandoned the idea of reducing the Defense Department's financing and green-lighted the allocation of $750 billion to the agency following a meeting with Mattis and a number of US congressmen last week.

Thus, the Defense Departments budget for the next year would exceed the current spending by $80 billion.