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riversedge

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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:51 PM Friday

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

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