Plowshares into swords: Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense surge is the largest since World War II — and no one can explain how to pay for it

President Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, released Friday, calls for boosting total defense funding to 1.5 trillion — a jump that most economists say would represent one of the largest since-year budget increases in American history, rivaling the wartime mobilization of World War II. The proposal would increase base defense discretionary spending by 251 []