GOP senator: Trump budget 'dead on arrival'
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said today that President Trump’s first budget was “dead on arrival” and wouldn’t make it through Congress.
The Hill reports Graham, a frequent Trump critic, expressed concerns with Trump’s proposed cuts to the State Department budget, especially the targeting of foreign aid and said the budget “would be a disaster.”
Trump will propose $54 billion in cuts to fund an equivalent boost in defense spending and make massive cuts from the EPA and State Department.
Graham said the cuts would endanger American Foreign Service officers.
Trump said he'd go into "great detail" about his budget during this evening’s speech to a joint session of Congress.
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