The Trump Administration sent its 2027 budget proposal up to Capitol Hill on April 3, the thrust of which seems to be to sacrifice the welfare of Americans in favor of its foreign wars of choice. Trump is seeking $1.5 trillion in defense spending as part of the White House’s fiscal 2027 budget request, a roughly 40% increase from 2026 funding levels, reported The Hill.
The proposal, prepared by White House budget chief Russell Vought, said a base of $1.1 trillion will be specifically for the Department of Defense, while $350 billion will be requested through Congress’s budget reconciliation process for “critical Administration priorities” like more munitions and defense industrial base expansions and for the planned “Golden Dome” missile defense system. These numbers do not include the $200 billion supplemental the administration wants for its Iran adventure.
The proposal calls for a 10% cut in non-defense discretionary programs, or $73 billion, which doesn’t even come close to offsetting the roughly $500 billion increase in military spending. The cuts are reported to be aimed at housing, community, environmental, health care, and other programs the administration has deemed “woke” and by returning some responsibilities to state and local governments.
The budget proposal has left Democrats fuming. “The vision President Trump has outlined for America in his budget is bleak and unacceptable. President Trump wants to slash medical research to fund costly foreign wars. It doesn’t get more backward than that, and the only responsible thing to do with a budget this morally bankrupt is to toss it in the trash,” said Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in a statement.
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, said the budget represents “America Last,” and added that he will be demanding answers from Vought, who is scheduled to testify before the House Budget Committee on April 15.
