Donald Trump’s plan seeks to upend Washington with cuts to long-promised campaign targets like foreign aid and the Environmental Protection Agency. The 10% Pentagon boost is financed by $54 billion in cuts to foreign aid and domestic agencies that had been protected by former President Barack Obama. Trump’s proposal covers only roughly one-fourth of the approximately $4 trillion federal budget, the discretionary portion that Congress passes each year. ALSO READ | Donald Trump vows to fight travel ban block at Supreme Court“The president’s going to keep his promises” to leave Social Security and Medicare alone, Mulvaney said. Top Republicans like Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker of Tennessee are opposed to drastic cuts to foreign aid.

Source: Mint March 16, 2017 17:26 UTC