Trump to Propose ‘Historic’ Defense Spending Increases, Cuts to EPA, State Dept.

The Trump administration is now crafting a budget proposal that would boost military spending by roughly 10 percent, or $54 billion – while requesting deep, offsetting cuts to a variety of other agencies, including the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency.

CNBC sourced an anonymous insider who said Trump’s budgetary goal was to, “do more with less and make the government lean and accountable”.

He said too much money is now being spent on individual military equipment and he will look to change that.

The White House is pushing a budget that sacrifices global diplomacy for American militarism and may actually undermine national security, according to experts.

The budget blueprint marks the first step in what will be a lengthy negotiations process between the White House and Capitol Hill, with multiple rounds of discussions expected on the budget’s specifics. Environmental Defense Fund Vice President Elizabeth Thompson said the budget would cause “more air pollution, more asthma attacks for kids, [and] more health problems”.

USA foreign aid initiatives targeting hunger also typically require the recipients to spend aid dollars on food grown in the US, rather than using it to boost their own agricultural industries. Mulvaney said that he did expect some funding for that wall to be included in a future supplemental, while a 2018 budget would contain more.

US military spending has been at permanent wartime levels since the 2001 terror attacks, despite the significant drawdowns in Afghanistan and Iraq under President Obama.

The boost in defense spending would be paid for in part by decreases in the State Department and the $8.1 billion EPA budget, Reuters reported.

Touching upon the topic of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member states that have yet to reach the US President’s requirement on spending on the alliance, Trump said that the United States will ask reimbursement for the military support of those countries treating it “unfairly”, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump announced today that he will not attend the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner, a high-profile event that draws celebrities, politicians and journalists.

“We spend $6 trillion in the Middle East and we have potholes all over our roads”, Trump said.

At a meeting with state governors, the President said he would not increase the country’s debt and would pay for the military investment by cutting foreign aid and other federal budgets.

The Daily Signal asked how committed the administration is to a border adjustment tax for the budget.

That could put the United States at odds with Iran and China. “I say to the Republicans if you really want to do politically something good, don’t do anything”.

“But I believe that a lot of the stories are made up, are pure fiction”.