Apr. 3 at 10:27 PM
President Trump requests a -10% cut in non-defense spending for the 2027 fiscal year & a massive
$500B increase in the military budget to
$1.5T
President Trump, in his first term, even once called the level of funding “crazy”
President Trump came into office vowing to cut federal spending & rein in the nation’s growing budget deficit, despite that, the nation’s deficit has continued to widen, w/ CBO forecasting a
$1.853T shortfall in the fiscal year that ends on Sept 30, deeper than last year’s
$1.775T
The nation’s
$39.016T debt has continued to grow
If enacted, total federal spending would reach
$2.2T in 2027, compared w/ the roughly
$1.8T spent for the current fiscal year
President Trump asserted that his admin’s pursuit against fraud could "balance our American Budget” a claim met w/ skepticism from budget experts (or bullshit from anyone knowing basic grade-school math)
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