US President Donald Trump is expected to ask from Congress for $716 billion in defense spending when he unveils his 2019 budget, and this amount is a more than 7-percent increase over the 2018 budget, reported The Washington Post.

According to its sources, this figure for 2019 would cover the Pentagon’s annual budget as well as spending on ongoing wars and the maintenance of the US nuclear arsenal.

This can be formally announced in February, when the White House will publicize the overall federal budget draft for next year.