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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(122,338 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 07:59 PM 15 hrs ago

The White House seeks sharp spending cuts in Trump's 2026 budget plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House released President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal Friday, hoping to slash, if not zero out, spending on many government programs. It seeks a sweeping restructuring of the nation’s domestic priorities, reflective of the president’s first 100 days in office and sudden firing of federal workers.

Trump’s plan aims for steep cuts to child care, disease research, renewable energy and peacekeeping abroad, many already underway through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, all while pumping up billions for the administration’s mass deportation agenda.

The budget drafters echo Trump’s promises to end “woke programs,” including preschool grants to states with diversity programs. And they reflect his vow to stop the “weaponization of government” by slashing the Internal Revenue Service, even as critics accuse him of using the levers of power to punish people and institutions he disfavors

Overall, it’s a sizable reduction in domestic accounts — some $163 billion, or 22.6% below current year spending, the White House said.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-budget-taxes-spending-vought-4549eb165410186da001c8cdce462492

How about cutting his golf trips to Mierda A Lardo?

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The White House seeks sharp spending cuts in Trump's 2026 budget plan (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 15 hrs ago OP
The inconsistency in their plans is amazing EdmondDantes_ 15 hrs ago #1
Let's start with Trump's salary and golfing trips synni 13 hrs ago #2

EdmondDantes_

(437 posts)
1. The inconsistency in their plans is amazing
Fri May 2, 2025, 08:12 PM
15 hrs ago

Let's cut child care, but give people $5,000 per kid as if that evens out.

synni

(311 posts)
2. Let's start with Trump's salary and golfing trips
Fri May 2, 2025, 09:26 PM
13 hrs ago

And end with cutting every government dime that might have gone to Eloon.

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