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President Trump Orders Pentagon To Use All Available Funds To Pay Soldiers During Shutdown
by Anthony 1 day ago
The ball is in your court Democrats.
President Trump has just directed the Pentagon use all of its available funds to ensure soldiers still receive their paychecks in the midst of the government shutdown.
Trump’s move comes as military members are set to miss their payments on October 15th if a new spending package doesn’t get passed.
CNBC reported more on Trump’s announcement:
President Donald Trump on Saturday said his administration has “identified funds” to pay troops next week despite the federal government shutdown.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.”
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether all or some members of the U.S. military would be paid and which funds the government will use to pay them.
Paychecks would be due for 1.3 million active members of the U.S. military on Oct. 15, raising the potential political costs of the impasse, some economists have said.
“We believe the military pay date on Oct. 15 could be an important forcing event for a compromise to restore funding and expect the shutdown to end by mid-October,” Goldman Sachs economists Ronnie Walker and Alec Phillips said in a client note.
Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 01:35 PM EST 10/11/25 pic.twitter.com/WynWql5D55
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 11, 2025
The Hill reported the move by Trump gives Republicans more leverage when making a deal for a new spending package with Democrats:
This comes after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) cast blame on Democrats for the potential pay lapse.
“HR 5371 (the Continuing Resolution) is the bill to pay our troops,” Johnson wrote in a post on the social media platform X. “No one in the military or any military family should have their pay blocked on October 15! Since the bill ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE, a simple yes vote by five more Democrats on Tuesday would allow the military to be paid on Wednesday.”
Democrats and Republicans have pressured Johnson to bring lawmakers back to Washington to vote on a bill that would ensure military workers are paid next week despite the shutdown.
Reps. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and Derek Tran (D-Calif.) on Wednesday wrote a letter to Johnson urging him to bring House members back before Wednesday to pass the bill.
“If Congress does not act by October 15th, nearly three million military families will miss their next paycheck,” they write in the letter, first reported by Punchbowl News. “That’s unacceptable — our military families and troops deserve better.”
“We can have policy and political fights in Congress, but we simply can’t ask service members to put themselves in harm’s way without paying them,” Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chair of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee said in a statement to The Hill on Thursday. “It should be a red line for anyone who cares about our national security and our troops.”
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From WLT Report
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