Should Congress approve the White House's new budget?

As a presidential candidate, Trump promised to rein in unnecessary government spending and rebuild our military—and President Trump is delivering on those promises with this budget. By cutting State Department funding and increasing defense spending, the White House sends a clear message: the Trump Administration will prioritize defense spending over diplomacy and foreign aid. Mick Mulvaney, Trump's director of the Office of Management and Budget, described the proposal as a "hard power budget" in a Wednesday briefing:

"This is a hard power budget and that was done intentionally. The President very clearly wants to send a message to our allies and our potential adversaries that this is strong power administration."

Many people applauded this budget and want to see it approved by Congress. Mick Mulvaney described it as a "true America first budget." Millions of Americans see funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Environmental Protection Agency, climate change research, and the United Nations as wasteful, even ridiculous spending that does not put American interests first:

The president made no apologies for eliminating the government’s efforts to curb climate change: “We’re not spending money on that anymore,” Mr. Mulvaney told reporters at the White House. “We consider that a waste of your money to go out and do that.” 

Mr. Mulvaney waved aside questions about cuts to the United Nations, saying that they “should come as a surprise to no one who watched the campaign.”