President Donald Trump is pressing Senate leaders to push a $350 billion military funding package through Congress before Democrats take control of both chambers in January.
The demand landed in a Thursday post on Truth Social, where Trump cast the bill as a historic investment in national security and warned that the incoming Democratic majority intends to "BLOCK and RESIST" it.
"I rebuilt our Military in my First Term, and we're doing it AGAIN, bigger and better than ever before," Trump wrote, accusing Democrats of wanting to "leave our Warriors weak, and unguarded" while the American people want their forces "SAFE and STRONG."
He named reconciliation as the legislative route and urged Republicans to "deliver for our Warriors" now, closing with "MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN!"
The request compresses a major defense spending decision into the final weeks of Republican control, with a power transfer in Washington setting a hard deadline on what can pass before the gavel changes hands.