The spending plan, set for release Thursday, would make the Pentagon the big winner with a $54 billion boost to defense spending. "Unfortunately, we have no alternative but to reinvest in our military and make ourselves a military power once again," White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said on "Fox News Sunday." Cohn defended the spending cuts elsewhere as necessary to balance the budget. That document is sure to upset members of the GOP's once-proud and large band of deficit hawks, because Trump's full plans are sure to show large, permanent budget deficits, even with all of the tricks and tools available to the White House Budget office. "They're going to have a hell of a hard time passing a budget that balances -- even fabricating a budget that balances," said Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth, the top Democrat on the House Budget committee.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2017 15:33 UTC