WASHINGTON >> The Pentagon said today it was directing military leaders to draw up a list of potential cuts totaling about $50 billion from the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2026 to be redirected into President Donald Trump’s priorities for national defense.

Recent Chinese military exercises around Taiwan are practice for “the forced unification” of the island to the mainland, Adm. Sam Paparo said Thursday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked some parts of the military to propose what could be cut as part of a potential 8% spending reduction for them over each of the next five years, U.S. officials said on Wednesday,

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has ordered the drafting of plans to reduce the defence budget by 8% annually over five years, reports The Washington Post. The newspaper notes that the cuts will, among others,