Trump To Unveil 'Hard Power' Budget That Boosts Military Spending
President Trump's budget blueprint calls for a 10 percent increase in military spending, along with deep cuts in foreign aid and the Environmental Protection Agency.
by Scott Horsley
Mar 16, 2017
2 minutes
The Trump administration's new budget blueprint aims to quantify the president's nationalistic agenda in dollars and cents. The plan, due out Thursday morning, calls for significant increases in military and border-security spending, along with corresponding cuts in many other parts of the government.
"This is the America First budget," said Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, in a
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