Mr. Trump has proposed to add $54 billion to the Pentagon’s budget, which amounts to a 10 percent increase. Factoring in war spending, Mr. Trump’s claim is even less credible. Mr. Trump talked up his executive actions reviving two major oil pipelines. The Defense Department announced $728 million in reductions in February, two months after Mr. Trump criticized the high cost. Mr. Trump certainly accelerated the negotiations, but the costs began to go down in 2011.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2017 16:41 UTC