Trump will call for deep domestic cuts in FY 2026 budget

President Trump will lob his FY 2026 budget request at Congress on Friday, calling for deep cuts in foreign aid and renewable energy and increased spending for the the border and national security, according to administration officials.Why it matters: In size and scope, Trump's budget amounts to another declaration of war on the status quo – and the priorities and programs that animate the Democratic Party.It aims to reduce discretionary non-defense spending – which doesn't include programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – by $163 billion from this year.By the numbers: In total, for the non-defense programs that need to be reauthorized every year, the Office of Management and Budget wants to allocate $557 billion for the next fiscal year.That represents a 22.6% cut, according to Wall Street Journal, which first reported on some of the details of Trump's budget.For national security spending, Trump will ask for a record $1.01 trillion, for a whopping 13% increase, according to Bloomberg.Funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Education and what was known as the U.S. Agency for International Development will be starkly reduced.Trump is also taking aim at federal grants that were authorized during the Biden administration, including those for "environmental justice" renewable energy projects.Zoom out: Budgets are designed to be statements of the president's priorities. The numbers bear only a passing resemblance to the final dollar amounts that Congress ultimately appropriates.Many of the proposed cuts for next year have already been identified by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.Trump and his budget officials are essentially putting a hard number – and showing their math – on how they plan to cut more than $160 billion from the federal budget.That number is far short of the $1 trillion Musk initially promised.The bottom line: Trump's nearly 2:1 disparity between defense and non-defense spending is a distant cry from the "parity" that the past two Democratic presidents have attempted to achieve.

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