For all his rhetoric about national security and curbing illegal immigration, Donald Trump's assertions about defense spending have been quite muted. Other than the “Golden Dome” project announced with much fanfare, in April, the President had vowed to allocate $1 trillion as the defense budget for the current year. Cut to May, and it was slashed to $892.6 billion.
While some may see it as backpedalling on the part of Trump, the government is looking to adopt a recent playbook to support the defense sector.
