Steve Ellis, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, supported the idea of defense spending cuts and talked with Full Measure Correspondent Scott Thuman about it.

“You have the F-35, the fighter jet that is only fully operational only 30% of the time for all its missions. That’s $12 billion a year you could save by not buying any more of those. You have the Sentinel, which is the replacement for the ICBM. In 2024, it was 31% over budget, you can get rid of that for $310 billion,” Ellis said.