On April 3rd, Trump will submit the federal budget proposal to Congress, with national security spending drawing significant attention.

Former President Trump will submit his annual budget request to the U.S. Congress on April 3. According to media reports citing informed sources, he is seeking a significant increase in defense spending while continuing to reduce the size of domestic agencies in the U.S.

This budget proposal will be the first to detail Trump’s spending priorities for his second term. Typically, U.S. presidents submit what is known as a “skinny budget” in their first year in office, but Trump’s budget proposal for 2025 is more concise than usual, and he did not follow the customary practice of later submitting a detailed plan that includes economic forecasts.

Excluding the first year’s budget, this release covering the fiscal year 2027 vision for spending will be the latest since 2013. According to U.S. law, the deadline for budget submissions is the first Monday in February. The timing of this budget submission coincides with the one-year anniversary of what Trump calls the “Liberation Day Tariff.”

What the outside world is most concerned about is the total national security spending proposed by Trump, which amounts to $1.5 trillion, setting a new historical high. It is currently unclear whether this number refers solely to the Pentagon’s budget or encompasses the overall U.S. national security spending (of which about 95% comes from the Pentagon).

Informed sources declined to comment on whether the Pentagon would request additional funding for the current annual budget, which is nearing $1 trillion. U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth previously stated that the supplemental budget would be around $200 billion. It remains unclear whether this amount will be correspondingly deducted in the U.S. fiscal year 2027 budget blueprint.

Another focus of budget watchers is the budget forecasts for the various military branches over the next five years, investments in the industrial base, supply chain improvements, and the balance between research and development spending and procurement spending.

White House Budget Director Russell Vought stated that he would testify before the U.S. House Budget Committee on April 15.

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