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WASHINGTON — <\/span>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing \u201ctroubled and dangerous times.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> and spirit him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in the United States. U.S. forces continue to mass in the Caribbean Sea. <\/p>\n The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion.<\/a><\/p>\n Trump in recent days has also called for taking over the Danish territory of Greenland<\/a> for national security reasons and has suggested he\u2019s open to carrying out military operations in Colombia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ominously warned that longtime adversary Cuba \u201cis in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis will allow us to build the \u2018Dream Military\u2019 that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe,\u201d Trump said in a posting on Truth Social announcing his proposal. <\/p>\n The military just received a large boost of some $175 billion in the GOP\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d<\/a> of tax breaks and spending reductions that Trump signed into law last year.<\/p>\n Insisting on more funding for the Pentagon is almost certain to run into resistance from Democrats who work to maintain parity between changes in defense and non-defense spending. But it\u2019s also sure to draw objections from the GOP\u2019s deficit hawks who have pushed back against larger military spending.<\/p>\n But Trump said he feels comfortable surging spending on the military because of increased revenue created by his administration through tariffs imposed on friends and foes around the globe since his return to office.<\/p>\n