Impending Trump military failure forces Pentagon to draft Plan B: report

Pentagon officials are quietly bracing for President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request to fall short, according to a Politico report relayed by the Daily Beast. For months, the administration, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has urged Congress to approve a record budget funding a “Golden Fleet” battleship, a “Golden Dome” missile shield and replacement of munitions drained by…

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