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Income Taxes - (Provision) Benefit (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 30, 2018	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2017 USD ($)	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, net of adjustments related to uncertain tax positions	$ 222	$ 0			$ (1,113)	$ 0
Remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities reflecting the lower U.S. corporate tax rates	0	0			(133)	0
Provisional estimate for the release of the valuation allowance on the net deferred tax assets of our U.S. operations	0	0			1,337	0
Utilization of and other changes in net deferred tax assets of MMJ, MMT, and MTTW	(35)	(31)			(78)	(52)
Other income tax (provision) benefit	(78)	(61)			(161)	(109)
Income tax (provision) benefit	109	$ (92)			(148)	$ (161)
Income tax provision recognized for changes in assumptions for indefinitely reinvested earnings	68
Income Tax Uncertainties [Abstract]
Unrecognized tax benefits	202				202
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	196				196
Unrecognized tax benefits, decrease resulting from Tax Act					126
2019 Board Authorized Repurchase Plan
Income tax (provision) benefit
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 10,000				$ 10,000
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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