Today, President Trump revealed the broad strokes of his budget request to Congress for 2026. 

This request does not meet the nation’s needs. 

The president has requested the first-ever trillion-dollar Pentagon and war budget, at the same time that he is engaging the U.S. in sustained bombing in the Middle East and starting a trade war with China that could escalate tensions and ultimately degrade into military conflict. This dangerous mix puts the country at greater risk of war on multiple fronts.

And, the president is suggesting this $1 trillion-dollar budget and a massive increase for his indiscriminate mass deportation plans at the direct cost of critical government services. The president’s plan represents a dollar-for-dollar shift of $163 billion from public K-12 education, affordable housing programs, medical research, and international humanitarian aid and peacekeeping, among others, to the Pentagon and the president’s indiscriminate mass deportation agenda. 

Worse, these cuts would combine with additional cuts under consideration in Congress, which would eviscerate Medicaid, food stamps (SNAP), and other programs that serve lower-income Americans. Millions of Americans could face poverty, hunger, homelessness, and sickness without these critical services.

The only ones who will benefit from this budget are corporations. The increase of $163 billion for the Pentagon and mass deportations will  be a bonanza for weapons and prison contractors, including Elon Musk, who can expect to see billions in new contracts headed their way.

This is not a budget that will serve the vast majority of Americans. It is a budget that serves weapons and prison contractors while putting Americans at risk of economic and health consequences, and risking new wars.