Swanson -- Democrats in Congress Obey Trump
Democrats in Congress Obey Trump Leave a Comment / May 29, 2026 Trump has a trillion dollars a year for wars — a record amount, more than most other countries combined, more than the non-war federal discretionary budget, enough to attack Venezuela and Iran on his whim, enough to send drone-murder missiles into houses and boats around the world, enough to keep the weapons falling on Gaza and Ukraine, enough to fill new countries with U.S. bases, enough to build new nukes, enough to create a “golden dome” fantasy death machine, enough to do war rehearsals worldwide, so much that directing a militarized ICE force against U.S. cities is a question of pocket change. If Trump were to instruct Democrats in Congress not to insist on reducing the Pentagon budget, a bunch of them would immediately insist on reducing the Pentagon budget and a few of them might actually attempt it. So, Trump says something else. He says: Up the budget to $1.5 trillion. And immediately a bunch of Democr...
