The Army plans to reduce its active-duty force by as many as 90,000 troops as the Trump administration requires Pentagon budget cuts and shifts its strategic focus from Europe and Third World counterinsurgency operations to confronting Chinese expansion. This comes on the heels of Biden reducing the Army by 24,000 in 2024 to cover up the recruiting disaster; see Army Follows the Air Force’s Lead by Calling Retirees Back to Active Duty – RedState.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he planned an 8 percent cut in Defense spending in February.
Hegseth said beginning immediately, the Pentagon will pull 8% — or roughly $50 billion — from nonlethal programs in the current budget and refocus that money on President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” priorities for national defense.
“That’s not a cut; it’s refocusing and reinvesting existing funds…
