“But the monstrous military spending authorization is for the commander-in-chief to spend as he sees fit.”
Will there be enough funds to build the border wall plus to build up the military?
$700 billion for defense spending for fiscal 2018, plus another $10.1 billion for military construction projects and $185.4 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Each is a substantial increase over fiscal 2017 spending.
Trump is famous for building under budget and ahead of schedule. In a $710 Billion military budget there should be room for $20 Billion to build urgently necessary wall.