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Commitment · Federal Budget

Secure historically high military funding

In progressAssessment: 2026-04-10Catalogue review: 2026-10-17

The commitment and its scope

Secure historically high military funding

Summary in our words, not a verbatim quotation. The linked statement provides the full wording.

When stated
2023–2024 campaign
Deadline or condition
No fixed deadline established in this record
Who can deliver
Congress controls appropriations; the president proposes and administers spending

What the evidence establishes

The administration proposed a much larger military budget. Congressional approval was still necessary to deliver the proposed funding.

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Sources and history

  1. PolitiFact: dated assessment and evidence
  2. PolitiFact: promise wording and status history
  3. Statement source linked by the publisher

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