The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has sent President Trump’s budget request to Congress, the White House announced.
The request seeks to reduce spending on non-defense programs by $163 billion. “This is the lowest non-defense spending level since 2017,” the White House stated. “Savings come from eliminating radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory programs, Green New Scam funding, large swaths of the Federal Government weaponized against the American people, and moving programs that are better suited for States and localities to provide.”
According to the statement, the request “guts a weaponized deep state while providing historic increases for defense and border security. The Budget also provides support for air and rail safety as well as key infrastructure and our Nation’s veterans and law enforcement.”
Under Trump’s plan, defense spending could increase 13%, while appropriations for DHS would increase nearly 65% to “ensure that our military and other agencies repelling the invasion of our border have the resources they need to complete the mission.”
President Trump’s budget plan focuses on supporting parental choice, preserving Social Security, supporting veterans, achieving energy dominance, and other areas.
Russ Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a statement, “For decades, the biggest complaint about the Federal Budget was wasteful spending and bloated bureaucracy. But over the last four years, Government spending aggressively turned against the American people and trillions of our dollars were used to fund cultural Marxism, radical Green New Scams, and even our own invasion.”
“No agency was spared in the Left’s taxpayer-funded cultural revolution. At this critical moment, we need a historic Budget—one that ends the funding of our decline, puts Americans first, and delivers unprecedented support to our military and homeland security,” Vought said. “The President’s Budget does all of that.”
