Trump admin to use ‘skinny budget’ in pursuit of defense spending boost

On Friday, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to release his “thin” budget project, which describes the numbers of Topli from White House, which is expected to reflect a greater defense budget request.

High-ranking officials in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said only Fox Business that the overall discretionary budget will be $ 1.7 trillion. The discretionary budget excludes the costs of Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the social security and interest of the debt.

It is envisaged that the defense budget will show $ 892.6 billion in discretionary expenditures, plus additional $ 119.3 billion in mandatory expenses. Senior officials say this is when the trump card can be creative to obtain a budget approved by Congress. The Republican majorities have historically had to raise one-to-one increase in non-defensive expenses to increase defense costs.

However, maintaining discretionary expenses at $ 892.6 billion, at the same level, as 2025 years, then the budget, which will be presented to Democrats with a smaller $ 557 billion, decreases by 22.6%.

President Donald Trump administration issues its “thin” budget project on Friday. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images / Getty Images)

The White House and the Republicans of the Congress are then planned to carry out mandatory defense expenses through mandatory protection costs related to tax cuts.

That $ 150 billion, in addition to $ 119.3 billion in the skin budget, will increase the total defense growth by 13.4%, rising about 1.16 trillion.

All departments have been asked to provide budget cuts, except for veterans ‘case and transport, protect veterans’ services, as well as NASA and Space Exploration programs.

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