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Income Taxes - (Provision) Benefit (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 8 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 01, 2018 USD ($) | Mar. 02, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 | Mar. 01, 2018 USD ($) | Mar. 02, 2017 USD ($) | Aug. 30, 2018 | Aug. 29, 2019 | Aug. 30, 2018
Effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal statutory income tax rate |  |  | 35.00% |  |  |  |  |
Income tax (provision) benefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Provisional estimate for the Repatriation Tax on substantially all of our accumulated foreign earnings, net of adjustments related to uncertain tax positions | $ (1,335) | $ 0 |  | $ (1,335) | $ 0 |  |  |
Remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities reflecting the lower U.S. corporate tax rates | (133) | 0 |  | (133) | 0 |  |  |
Provisional estimate for the release of the valuation allowance on the net deferred tax assets of our U.S. operations | 1,337 | 0 |  | 1,337 | 0 |  |  |
Utilization of and other changes in net deferred tax assets of MMJ, MMT, and MTTW | (17) | (8) |  | (43) | (21) |  |  |
Other income tax (provision) benefit | 5 | (30) |  | (83) | (48) |  |  |
Income tax (provision) benefit | (143) | $ (38) |  | (257) | $ (69) |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits | 209 |  |  | 209 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate | 196 |  |  | $ 196 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, decrease resulting from Tax Act | $ 123 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forecast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal statutory income tax rate |  |  |  |  |  | 21.00% | 21.00% | 25.70%
Forecast | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings, deemed repatriation tax rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.155
Forecast | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings, deemed repatriation tax rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.08

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