White House budget proposal is quintessential Trump

The Department of Transportation just joined the list of agencies to receive a salary donation from President Trump.

The $4.4 trillion budget proposed by President Donald Trump falls short when it comes to fiscal responsibility, Northwest Florida congressman Matt Gaetz said Monday. His proposal, titled “An American Budget“, undoes his campaign promises not to cut Medicare, Medicaid and other social programs.

$571 million to hire 2,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents.

Major goals for airport infrastructure is to “create more efficient federal aviation administration oversight of non-aviation development activities” and “clarify authority for incentive payments under the Airport Improvement Program”.

Trump urged the Congress to draft and pass the infrastructure bill.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) talks to reporters as she walks to the Senate chamber for a series of 6 roll call votes regarding the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Resolution on Capitol Hill.

White House officials all but acknowledged the proposal unveiled Monday has little chance of becoming law – Congress alone controls federal government spending.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) praised the budget proposal.

“We took care of the military like it’s never been taken care of before”, Trump said Monday.

Trump announced a $200 billion infrastructure initiative – an area he says has been ignored for too long, partially he says because of $7 trillion dollars spent in the Middle East over the last two decades.

“We going to get the roads in great shape”, he said eventually.

The White House says lawmakers from both parties will sit down with President Trump on Wednesday to continue the discussion. The country is looking to integrate the “reciprocal tax” both for its USA allied countries and countries outside the coalition as well.

“Every federal dollar should be leveraged by partnering with state and local governments and, where appropriate, tapping into private sector investment to permanently fix the infrastructure deficit”, he said in his State of the Union.

“We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land”. In addition to protections for “Dreamers, ” Trump also wants $25 billion for a border wall with Mexico and other security measures, as well as curbs on legal immigration.