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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Trump’s False Claims About Military Pay Raises and Recruitment


In a Sept. 30 address to military leaders and an Oct. 9 Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump made false claims about military pay raises and recruitment.

  • Trump promoted a military pay raise of 3.8% for next year, claiming that this was “something you weren’t getting from the past administration.” Military wages rose by at least 4.5% in each of the past three years under his predecessor. Next year’s raise also was determined by a formula set by law.
  • Trump touted fiscal year 2025 recruitment and falsely claimed that “one year ago” news stories said “we couldn’t get anybody to join” the military. Nearly all military branches met their recruitment goals in FY 2024, as recruitment began recovering from pandemic-era lows.  
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