US President Donald Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, completing the passage of the largest military spending bill in US history—$901 billion, or over $1 trillion when combined with supplemental funding passed earlier this year.
The Senate voted 77-20 on Wednesday to pass the bill. The Democratic leadership, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, voted for the bill. They were joined by Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, both of whom released a video last month calling on military personnel to disobey illegal orders—as Trump was sending the US military on a murder spree off the coast of Latin America.
Citing Trump’s statements about using troops to shoot protesters in America, Slotkin invoked the legacy of the Nuremberg tribunals, which convicted Nazi leaders for war crimes and crimes against peace. But when it came time to vote, this invocation was revealed to be completely meaningless. Slotkin voted to hand Trump the resources to pursue his military adventure against Venezuela…
So you think we shouldn’t try to rein in Trump starting another forever war?
The bill mentioned by the Chinese propaganda outlet above is the passing of the annual military budget. It increased by a very large amount this year because Republicans and fascists are running the show.
It has NOTHING to do with Trump starting another forever war, any more than not signing it has to do with welcoming a Chinese invasion across the pacific. It explicitly only has to do with how much the USA is spending on its military specifically for 2026.
OK…
Which would greatly benefit from increased defense spending. So it looks like, in fact, it has a lot to do with it.
FYI that user fights anyone that isn’t 110% pro democrat.
Straight to the point, I think the main thing was giving soldiers a raise.
Even a government shutdown doesn’t prevent trump from starting another war. He can do literally anything he wants, clearly including war crimes, with the military he already has.
War crimes and also just plain old third degree murder. He used to joke about walking down park ave and shooting somebody in the face, well I guess he proved it correct when he blew up boats full on unarmed civilians.
True, first it was murder and then it was war crimes