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Galloway Calls for Dramatic US Military Budget Cut to $500 Billion

Raging Moderates · Trump Has “No Cards” in Iran as Deal Collapses and U.S. Continues Strikes · May 27, 2026
Galloway Calls for Dramatic US Military Budget Cut to $500 Billion
Raging Moderates
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Trump Has “No Cards” in Iran as Deal Collapses and U.S. Continues Strikes
"I think we should seriously think about taking our military budget down from $1.4 trillion to half a trillion dollars and potentially have a more lethal fighting force based on the learnings from Ukraine and Iran."
Scott Galloway argued the United States should slash its military budget from $1.4 trillion to $500 billion, citing lessons from Ukraine's success with low-cost drone warfare. He contends asymmetric warfare using $20,000 drones is 80% as effective as $4 million Tomahawk missiles, making the current budget wasteful. The proposal challenges conventional defense spending orthodoxy amid the Iran conflict fallout.
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