The details will be revealed on Friday, but Donald Trump is about to release a budget document that will be a total disaster for Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections.
Trump plans to send even more taxpayer money to the military and the American people will pay for it with cuts to healthcare, government institutions and services.
President Donald Trump is preparing to release a fiscal 2027 budget plan on Friday that will frame his party’s midterm election message around a massive defense buildup paid for in part by cuts to domestic agencies.
A government vision that sends taxpayer money to the Pentagon amid an unpopular Iran war represents a political risk for the White House, especially against the backdrop of soaring gasoline prices. Trump could also face resistance within his own party over proposed cuts to health and science institutions that Congress rejected on a bipartisan basis last year.
Presidents have no budgetary power. Their budgets never become law. The presidential budget document serves as a statement of policy and financing priorities.
What Trump is proposing would be a complete disaster for his party and the country, but it will be a gift to Democrats in the midterm elections.
