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riversedge

(80,853 posts)
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:51 PM 12 hrs ago

;( Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:

I do not know how accurate this is but I do know that Trump wants billions and billions MORE for the Military!!



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Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:

$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses


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;( Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: (Original Post) riversedge 12 hrs ago OP
Eff this know nothing a**hole... wcmagumba 12 hrs ago #1
Is this Traildogbob 12 hrs ago #2
Orange $$$$$$$atan's "America First" LIES were really "MIC First" Justice matters. 12 hrs ago #3
So Mike Johnson and the Republican Congress: "thank you sir. May I have another" Walleye 12 hrs ago #4
Goodbye, social safety net. Hello, more military-industrial spending his family and friends will profit from. highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #5
The next Democratic president meeds to decapitate the defense budget biocube 11 hrs ago #6
Right? ABC123Easy 9 hrs ago #29
Congress never authorized this war Qutzupalotl 11 hrs ago #7
This should correct the America Second population in a big way. ananda 11 hrs ago #8
This would cripple his economy. Johonny 11 hrs ago #9
His economy. Ah, but Republicans have perfected Bettie 11 hrs ago #14
It's . Not . His . $$ dweller 11 hrs ago #10
People should continue to think that the GOP and TSF have plans to avoid free and fair elections. nt wiggs 11 hrs ago #11
He admitted as much on camera Eddie Haskell 60 11 hrs ago #12
Questions Republicans should be forced to answer: newdeal2 11 hrs ago #13
I feel safer already superpatriotman 11 hrs ago #15
And this is EXACTLY why Dems need to counter propose FHRRK1 11 hrs ago #16
Hear!! Hear!! littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #24
It'll never happen BeneteauBum 10 hrs ago #17
This is a long standing GOP wish list. xuplate 10 hrs ago #18
I saw our LIHEAP was denied today mvd 10 hrs ago #19
The war not just a war of choice, it is a scam delisen 10 hrs ago #20
Trillions for offence and not a cent Retrograde 10 hrs ago #21
He's trying to show he's a dick by cutting everything that doesn't benefit him or his billionaire donors. ChicagoTeamster 10 hrs ago #22
VOTE! Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #23
Sounds to me like he plans to make War on the World. BurnDoubt 10 hrs ago #25
So, everything but his golf trips and his stupid ballroom. C_U_L8R 9 hrs ago #26
Can someone provide links? highplainsdem? Anyone? littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #27
That won't cover the first year interest on the increase in military spending. IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #28
Looks like he plans to just keep going and conquer the world. colorado_ufo 9 hrs ago #30

Traildogbob

(13,024 posts)
2. Is this
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:57 PM
12 hrs ago

The outline of Project 2025 document? Seems like their wet dream all listed out here.

Justice matters.

(9,795 posts)
3. Orange $$$$$$$atan's "America First" LIES were really "MIC First"
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:58 PM
12 hrs ago

And corrupted "return" on the taxpayers credit card.



When criminal malfeasance gets obscenely rewarded instead of being deterred by jail punishments as it should be.

Walleye

(44,862 posts)
4. So Mike Johnson and the Republican Congress: "thank you sir. May I have another"
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:00 PM
12 hrs ago

You would think they’d be a little bit scared of having to campaign on this if the election weren’t completely stolen like it is. Armed militia at the polling places, I’m sure that’s against the law in Delaware

highplainsdem

(62,227 posts)
5. Goodbye, social safety net. Hello, more military-industrial spending his family and friends will profit from.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:04 PM
12 hrs ago

And more "toy" soldiers the toddler-in-chief can play with.

biocube

(221 posts)
6. The next Democratic president meeds to decapitate the defense budget
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:22 PM
11 hrs ago

and stop worrying that people may not see you as "tuff on terra".

ABC123Easy

(286 posts)
29. Right?
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 05:42 PM
9 hrs ago

I keep hearing about this "Terra" person and how horrific and bad she is. Must be an evil beeyatch.

Qutzupalotl

(15,827 posts)
7. Congress never authorized this war
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:34 PM
11 hrs ago

so the Trump Crime Family and Gold Painted Shoe Company can damn well pay for it.

ananda

(35,179 posts)
8. This should correct the America Second population in a big way.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:35 PM
11 hrs ago

I'm thinking we'll lose vulnerable people in the millions.

Bettie

(19,712 posts)
14. His economy. Ah, but Republicans have perfected
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:10 PM
11 hrs ago

the "Art" of making everything someone else's fault. Right now, they prattle on about it being Biden's economy, unless things are going well, in which case it is his, all his "100% his brilliance". (Typing that last bit almost made me throw up)

If a Democrat is elected president after that orange piece of excrement, it's all the new president's fault, from election day forward, all that other guy's fault!

If a Republican is elected, it's still Joe Biden's fault.

And the media will relentlessly parrot whatever they are told to say until the majority believes it.

Especially now that the media is mostly owned by billionaires.

ETA: But, YES, this is going to fuck over all of us who aren't billionaires. Every last one of us and the millionaires are going to figure out fast that they are not rich enough to matter either.

wiggs

(8,816 posts)
11. People should continue to think that the GOP and TSF have plans to avoid free and fair elections. nt
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:02 PM
11 hrs ago

newdeal2

(5,440 posts)
13. Questions Republicans should be forced to answer:
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:06 PM
11 hrs ago

1) What happened to the DOGE savings?
2) Where's the tariff money? Is it being returned?
3) Why can't Trump cancel his vanity projects - ballroom, Kennedy Center makeover, arch? That's private money he can redirect to the military.

FHRRK1

(27 posts)
16. And this is EXACTLY why Dems need to counter propose
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:16 PM
11 hrs ago

For Example
1. Free Education - PreK through College - Including meals
2. Govt Healthcare - Fully funded

the list needs to be HUGE.

Because my entire life I have seen Repukes make outlandish requests. These requests then become the baseline for negotiations, thus we get tax cuts for the rich and cuts to programs. We have to stop this NOW!

BeneteauBum

(516 posts)
17. It'll never happen
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:26 PM
10 hrs ago

The people are getting fed up with his BS……..and congress is aware of their precarious position.

Peace ☮️

mvd

(65,916 posts)
19. I saw our LIHEAP was denied today
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:49 PM
10 hrs ago

I wonder if it is because of the asshole’s cuts? Because mom and I should have qualified.

PECO stacked bills on after not sending them which led to trouble.

Some good news is we finally sold the house, so we’ll have some money for these bills in early May.

delisen

(7,377 posts)
20. The war not just a war of choice, it is a scam
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:50 PM
10 hrs ago

Dept of Defense could not account for billions missing before the Iran attack. Now there will be trillions missing if Trump and Hegseth are not removed.

I thought it was odd when Lindsay Graham said we are all going to get rich due to the war……..I guess “we” meant Trump and his small circle of friends.

Rank and file MAGAs will be left holding the bag of debt along with the rest of us

The way out of the mess: Get out of Iran, no increase in military budget.

ChicagoTeamster

(979 posts)
22. He's trying to show he's a dick by cutting everything that doesn't benefit him or his billionaire donors.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 05:06 PM
10 hrs ago

He thinks stupid MAGAts will cheer this because he's owning the libs.

BurnDoubt

(1,744 posts)
25. Sounds to me like he plans to make War on the World.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 05:15 PM
10 hrs ago

He and his Uglyarch buddies are going to impoverish the Country to go on a Hegemony Spree, hoping to own what will be left.
"Uglyarchy Uber Alles; Uber Alles In Der Welt !”
They think it’s doable… with Other Peoples' Money.
High On Their Own Supply?
Time For A Neck-tie Party.

littlemissmartypants

(33,737 posts)
27. Can someone provide links? highplainsdem? Anyone?
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 05:19 PM
9 hrs ago

That seems like a lot of potential grifting, to me.

IbogaProject

(5,921 posts)
28. That won't cover the first year interest on the increase in military spending.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 05:24 PM
9 hrs ago

That isn't even much more than 20 billion dollars. he is looking to add 400 billion to Military budget. First year interest on that amount will be north of $20 billion.

colorado_ufo

(6,253 posts)
30. Looks like he plans to just keep going and conquer the world.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 05:52 PM
9 hrs ago

Like Putin wants to.

Nothing for us - just slave labor.

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