Five takeaways from Trump's budget
Trump released a new budget on Monday that proposes huge cuts to domestic spending even as it boosts the Pentagon’s account and calls for $8.6 billion in new funding for a wall on the Mexican border.
The budget is essentially dead on arrival in the Democratic House, but it will shape a series of policy fights this year that could lead to 2019 ending where it began: with a shutdown.
Here are five takeaways.
Trump sees wall fight as political winner
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Debt doesn't matter to Trump
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It relies on inflated economic expectations
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The budget is not going anywhere with Congress
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Trump's base is still his most important audience
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/433574-five-takeaways-from-trumps-budget
The budget is dead on arrival and his base is his ONLY audience.
