![]() ![]() But the document is revealing and important nonetheless. ![]() It will be up to Congress to actually implement spending policy Trump can only offer suggestions. The budget will not pass in full, and provisions are already provoking political backlash on Capitol Hill. In total, this is about a third of the overall federal budget non-defense discretionary is about 16 percent. It only specifies changes to “discretionary” spending by agencies. The document is a “skinny” budget that ignores taxes and entitlements like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps. And it would dramatically hamper enforcement of environmental and labor regulations, end grant and loan programs for clean energy and disadvantaged regions, and significantly reduce funding for biomedical research. Trump wants to fund a border wall, deportation raids, a hiring spree for Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and purchases of new F-35 fighter jets and a variety of Navy vessels. The impact of the cuts and hikes laid out in the document would be massive. And while almost every department would face large cuts, three would see sizable increases in spending: Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs. Programs to mitigate climate change are cut or eliminated across the government. President Donald Trump’s first official budget document includes massive changes to the one-third of federal spending going to “discretionary” programs. ![]()
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