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May 24, 2017

Trump keeps pledges: Cuts for poor, more for military

  • The budget combines his 2018 spending plan with a promise to balance the books after a decade, relying on aggressive cuts and a surge in economic growth.
    • By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump fulfilled a major campaign promise Tuesday, proposing a $4.1 trillion budget plan that would upend Washington in a big way. But he drew rebukes, even from some Republican allies, for the plan's jarring, politically unrealistic cuts to the social safety net for the poor and a broad swath of other domestic programs.

    The budget, Trump's first as president, combines his spending plan for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year with a promise to balance government books after a decade, relying on aggressive cuts, a surge in economic growth — and a $2 trillion-plus accounting gimmick.


     
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