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applegrove

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Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:05 PM 21 hrs ago

Trump's Defense Plan Draws Rare GOP Pushback

Trump’s Defense Plan Draws Rare GOP Pushback

April 28, 2026 at 8:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/28/trumps-defense-plan-draws-rare-gop-pushback/


Bloomberg: “Key congressional Republicans are poised to break with Donald Trump on his proposed 44% raise for the Pentagon, a rare act of defiance that signals the president’s weakening grip on Washington as the midterm elections near and he quickly approaches the back half of his second term.”
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Trump's Defense Plan Draws Rare GOP Pushback (Original Post) applegrove 21 hrs ago OP
Bullshit! Ray Bruns 11 hrs ago #1
44% Is Too High! modrepub 4 hrs ago #2
Will believe WHEN it actually happens dave99 1 hr ago #3

modrepub

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2. 44% Is Too High!
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 04:39 PM
4 hrs ago

Cut it down to 40% and we’ll approve. Just make sure token amount of that goes to our brave soldiers in the field and ignore the rest that goes to the arms dealers I own stock in.

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