Pete Hegseth wants Congress to sign off on $1.5 trillion in military funding and is facing opposition from both Democrats and Republicans. A report in Semafor details the obstacles Hegseth is facing to his “eye-popping” budget request, which has given many in the GOP “real intraparty concerns” about his leadership.
Hegseth wants what CNN dubbed a “massive increase” in military spending, which would reportedly come at the cost of Americans’ housing, social services and healthcare, and has been billed by Hegseth as a “generational investment”.
