Pentagon official urges lawmakers to deliver on Trump’s $1.5 trillion funding request

Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey is quoted urging lawmakers to “step up and deliver” on the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion funding request to replenish air-defense interceptors and deep-strike weapons heavily used in the Iran war. In remarks on Bloomberg Television’s Balance of Power shared by a user, Duffey said contracts and acquisition reforms were in place but funding was needed. The user criticizes the spending as harmful to U.S. security and household affordability, arguing Trump could instead have ridden an AI investment boom to economic growth and a midterm victory.