who has the most control over the us defense spending
Military budget of the United States On March 16, 2017 President Trump submitted his request to Congress for $639 billion in military spending—$54 billion—which represents a 10 percent increase—for FY 2018 as well as $30 billion for FY2017 which ends in September. With a total federal budget of $3.9 trillion for FY2018, the increase in military spending would result in deep cuts to many other federal agencies and domestic programs, as well as the State Department.[26][26][27][28][29][30] Trump had pledged to "rebuild" the military as part of his 2016 Presidential campaign.[31]