Geopolitical Economy Report 'Peace president' Trump has bombed 10 countries. Now he wants a $1.5 TRILLION military budget
Jan 28, 2026
A rundown of how Trump, while claiming to be a peacemaker, ordered bombings across ten countries and launched hundreds of strikes in 2025. A look at plans to boost US military spending to $1.5 trillion and the potential debt and global spending implications. Discussion of a Venezuela attack, threats aimed at China and Russia, and domestic cuts framed as class warfare.
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Peace President Rhetoric Versus Reality
- Donald Trump repeatedly portrays himself as a "peacemaker" while claiming he won't start new wars.
- Ben Norton documents this as propaganda that contradicts Trump's record of bombing numerous countries.
Record Number Of Countries Bombed
- In 2025 alone, Norton reports Trump launched over 500 bombings across seven countries and reached ten total bombed countries across both terms.
- This made Trump the U.S. president who bombed more countries than any other in history, Norton argues.
U.S. Wars Are Bipartisan And Historic
- Norton places Trump's actions within a longer bipartisan pattern of U.S. presidents committing war crimes.
- He asserts that international justice would indict many modern U.S. presidents if applied impartially.
