Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke about anticipated spending increases during a weekend appearance at the Reagan National Defense Forum. During his speech, Hegseth said that the summer’s $156 billion boost from the One Big Beautiful Bill is “only just the beginning.”
“We need a revived defense industrial base. We need those capabilities. We need them yesterday,” Hegseth said. “And so, resource-wise, I think this room will be encouraged by what we’ll see soon. But I don’t want to get too ahead.”
During a Q&A session with Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson, Hegseth praised the new “revival of the spirit inside our military,” crediting the Trump administration for an increase in enlistments.
Joint Task Force DC photo by Laura Torres
