{"id":2600993,"date":"2026-05-10T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mark-kelly-tells-trump-to-submit-defense-budget-that-makes-sense\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:28:09","slug":"sen-mark-kelly-tells-trump-to-submit-defense-budget-that-makes-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mark-kelly-tells-trump-to-submit-defense-budget-that-makes-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Mark Kelly tells Trump to submit defense budget that &#8216;makes sense&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-mark-kelly-tells-trump-to-submit-defense-budget-that-makes-sense%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) criticized the Trump administration\u2019s proposed $1.5 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-administration-is-politicizing-the-military\/\" title=\"How the Biden ... is Politicizing the Military\">defense budget<\/a> for fiscal 2027 as \u201coutrageous,\u201d arguing the White House should submit a plan that better fits the current moment. He noted the defense budget would be roughly twice what it was when he entered the Senate about 5\u00bd years ago, saying it approaches the level of combined defense spending by the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly also commented that parts of the proposal-such as \u201cGolden Dome,\u201d which he described as technically extremely challenging-likely would result in spending large sums without delivering working systems, and that some items may not be necessary. The proposed budget, released in late April, represents a $500 billion increase over the $1 trillion figure for 2026 and is the largest such request in history, but it does not include costs related to the Iran war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-kelly\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3448\">Mark Kelly<\/a> (D-AZ) called the Trump administration\u2019s proposed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/defense-spending\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"839\">defense budget<\/a> \u201coutrageous\u201d and said the White House needs to back a proposal \u201cthat makes sense for the moment we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe $1.5 trillion request from this administration, it\u2019s outrageous,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cWhen I got to the Senate 5 1\/2 years ago, the defense budget was just over $700 billion. Now they\u2019re asking for twice as much money. It\u2019s nearly the amount that the rest of the world pays for its defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4562222\/netanyahu-trump-iran-uranium-operation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Netanyahu says Trump told him \u2018I want to go in\u2019 and take Iran\u2019s uranium<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4560803\/pentagon-faa-successful-laser-counter-drone-trial-run\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pentagon and FAA have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >successful counterdrone laser trial run<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4561877\/us-redirected-disabled-tankers-during-hormuz-blockade-centcom\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US has redirected 58 and disabled 4 tankers during Hormuz blockade: CENTCOM<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"335\">Department of Defense<\/a> released President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget proposal for fiscal 2027 in late April, marking a $500 billion increase from the $1 trillion budgeted in 2026 and the largest proposal in history. The budget <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4537128\/trillion-dollar-national-defense-budget-exclude-iran-war-costs\/\">does not include<\/a> the costs of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> war. In an appearance on CBS\u2019s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>, Kelly did not explicitly say he would not support the budget, but certainly appeared to lean that way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s stuff in there, like the Golden Dome \u2014 the physics on that stuff is really, really hard. I\u2019m very confident we\u2019re going to spend a lot of money, and we\u2019re going to get a system that doesn\u2019t work. There are other things in there we do not need. They need to submit a defense budget that makes sense for the moment we\u2019re in,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4537128\/trillion-dollar-national-defense-budget-exclude-iran-war-costs\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4537128\">$1.5 TRILLION NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE IRAN WAR COSTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Arizona senator and retired U.S. Navy captain has feuded with the Trump administration since the start of the president\u2019s second term. He is currently in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4471532\/hegseth-appeals-block-punish-mark-kelly-illegal-orders-video\/\">active litigation <\/a>against Defense Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1991\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> after the Pentagon leader attempted to reduce Kelly\u2019s military rank over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3892669\/democratic-veterans-congress-unlawful-orders\/\">a video Kelly made, urging military members<\/a> to ignore \u201cillegal orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The administration\u2019s $1.5 trillion budget proposal includes funding for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4446894\/trump-dream-military-budget-proposal-promises-golden-fleet-golden-dome\/\">Golden Dome, a Golden Fleet<\/a>, raises for service members, and a 44,000-troop increase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Kelly called the Trump defense budget \u201coutrageous,\u201d urging a smarter proposal for now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2600994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25295635057854.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,79435,23344,79434,3634],"class_list":["post-2600993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-defense-budget-2","tag-national-security","tag-senator-mark-kelly","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25295635057854.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600997,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600993\/revisions\/2600997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}