Amid Trump’s War on Immigrants and Social Programs
NOVANEWS
Amid Trump’s War on Immigrants and Social Programs, Democrats Back Massive Pentagon Budget for War and Repression
By Andre Damon
World Socialist Web Site
Senate Democrats joined Republicans this week to approve a massive expansion of the US military as demanded by President Donald Trump. Congressional action on the near-record Pentagon budget is taking place behind a veil of silence, with no public discussion and virtually no media coverage.
Even as the Trump administration steamrolls ahead with plans to gut social spending, winning a House vote Thursday to slash $23 billion from food stamp spending and advancing a scheme to consolidate the departments of Labor and Education in the name of “cutting costs”, both houses of Congress have approved a bill that expands military...