Trump’s Budget — and Much of His Agenda — Is Still Stuck in the Mud

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A budget — and presidency — that's still stuck in the mud

The budget that President Trump sent to Congress Thursday sums up his first eight weeks in office. It's bold, brash, boisterous -- and not going anywhere. As NBC's Ali Vitali writes, the budget boosts Defense Department spending by $54 billion (or by 10%); it cuts the State Department by 28% and the Environmental Protection Agency by 25%; it provides $1.5 billion for construction of Trump's wall; it eliminates funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and it all fails to balance the budget in the process. "If he said it on the campaign, it's in the budget," Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters yesterday in previewing Trump's budget.

 

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