What was the US Defense Budget for 2017-2020? Figure 1. Department of Defense Budget
$ in billions FY 2017
Actuals
FY 2018
Actuals
FY 2019
Enacted
FY 2020
Request
Base 523.5 599.6 616.1 544.5
Overseas Contingency Operations 82.5 65.2 68.8 66.7
OCO for Base -- -- -- 97.9
Emergency -- 5.8 -- 9.2
Total 606.0 670.6 685.0 718.3 What was the US Defense Budget for 2017-2020? 606 + 670.6 + 685 + 718.3 = 2679.9 billion. Was all of the money budgeted for US Defense in the years 2017-2020 spent? No answer could be found. Did the Trump administration invest $2 trillion in the military? No answer could be found. Is Trump's defense budget really $2 trillion? No answer could be found.
Donald Trump said "We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office."
Assess the veracity of the claim based on the provided evidence.

Claim: Donald Trump said "We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office."

Evidence: What was the US Defense Budget for 2017-2020? Figure 1. Department of Defense Budget
$ in billions FY 2017
Actuals
FY 2018
Actuals
FY 2019
Enacted
FY 2020
Request
Base 523.5 599.6 616.1 544.5
Overseas Contingency Operations 82.5 65.2 68.8 66.7
OCO for Base -- -- -- 97.9
Emergency -- 5.8 -- 9.2
Total 606.0 670.6 685.0 718.3 What was the US Defense Budget for 2017-2020? 606 + 670.6 + 685 + 718.3 = 2679.9 billion. Was all of the money budgeted for US Defense in the years 2017-2020 spent? No answer could be found. Did the Trump administration invest $2 trillion in the military? No answer could be found. Is Trump's defense budget really $2 trillion? No answer could be found.

Options: 

 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
not enough evidence
Assess the veracity of the claim based on the provided evidence.

Claim: Donald Trump said "We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office."

Evidence: What was the US Defense Budget for 2017-2020? Figure 1. Department of Defense Budget
$ in billions FY 2017
Actuals
FY 2018
Actuals
FY 2019
Enacted
FY 2020
Request
Base 523.5 599.6 616.1 544.5
Overseas Contingency Operations 82.5 65.2 68.8 66.7
OCO for Base -- -- -- 97.9
Emergency -- 5.8 -- 9.2
Total 606.0 670.6 685.0 718.3 What was the US Defense Budget for 2017-2020? 606 + 670.6 + 685 + 718.3 = 2679.9 billion. Was all of the money budgeted for US Defense in the years 2017-2020 spent? No answer could be found. Did the Trump administration invest $2 trillion in the military? No answer could be found. Is Trump's defense budget really $2 trillion? No answer could be found.

Options: 

 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
user
not enough evidence
assistant