Trump claims 'largest' raise for troops -- but Obama's were bigger
Trump lied in his 2019 budget with the claim that he has proposed the largest military pay raise since 2009. The military twice got larger pay raises under President Barack Obama.
Trump's budget released on Monday proposes a 3.1 percent military raise and describes the proposal as "the largest increase in a decade."
Not so.
In 2009, when Obama was president, service members saw their pay increase 3.9 percent. Obama also topped the Trump proposal in 2010, when pay went up 3.4 percent.
Trump's budget proposal also includes a provision to round down the money paid out to the military for cost-of-living increases.
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