If President Trump’s national “emergency” declaration survives the courts, the Commonwealth could lose up to $493 million in military project funding.
President Trump has raised the possibility of diverting $3.6 billion that Congress approved for military spending to build his wall.
While the White House insists the use of military funds would be a last resort, that should be cold comfort for the Commonwealth, as Virginia would be disproportionately impacted by the emergency declaration.
Pillaging the military’s budget for a completely unrelated project is a bold move for an administration that insists it’s committed to military spending
A full list of the more-than-a-dozen projects that would be affected can be found here.

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