Trump wants great budget cuts, but not for defense or the border: NPR

President Trump has cuts of $ 163 billion for non-defending discretion expenses for the 2026 financial year in a so-called “thin budget”-a summary of what the White House would like to do, when determining the government spending that the White House would see.

Trump's suggestions covered the expenses that the congress authorized every year – to the expenditure for security networks such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The full budget of the administration, including all expenditure and sales projections, will follow in the coming months.

The reductions issue a total of 22.6% of the projected expenses for the current financial year, although great increases are proposed for defense and border security.

Some of the biggest cuts are the EPA and the National Science Foundation

The major goals include foreign help, climate finance and all editions for programs called “wokeism” to promote what the Trump government calls.

The proposal is carried out according to the White House and the cost reduction project known as the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) under the direction of Elon Musk have already made dramatic cuts for expenses and staff in a number of agencies.

A report on cost cuts by the so -called Department of Government Efficiency on the cabinet room table of the White House on April 30, 2025.

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“We accompanied the hip with Doge. We have a very close partnership with you,” said a high -ranking official from the White House to reporters in a conference call and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The budget suggests cuts of more than 50% in the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation. In addition, it would reduce the expenditure of 2.5 billion US dollars according to the Internal Revenue Service.

Educational financing would be reduced by 15%. But the official said reporters that the regulations for early childcare had been preserved.

The blueprint also proposes to issue several government agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and American.

However, there is a hike of 13% for defense spending and an increase of 65% for border security in the Department of Homeland Security. These increases would be paid in a massive spending package on which the Republicans are referred to as reconciliation through a process.

Presidential budgets are wishlists. But Trump can have more weight

According to the constitution, the congress has the power of the handbag. However, the president is legally obliged to send the legislator a budget proposal every year. The proposal is not binding – it is more of a list of the President's political priorities, with the price tags attached. This means that the congress does not have to adhere to what a president wants.

“Almost all of these cuts are dead when arriving at the congress,” said Jessica Riedl, a budget expert at the right-wing Manhattan Institute. “But this can offer a roadmap where mastiff will go next year. If the president cannot get this from the congress, he can do as much as possible through executive orders and dog.”

Trump not only has republican majorities in both houses – albeit slim majorities – but also has a strangle area in the GOP. While the congress may not pass his household, most Republicans do not have any objections to Doges drastic changes to the expenses.

However, the White House does not rule out what is referred to as a stowse to override the expenditure of the congress. It argued that a law of 1974, according to which the presidents are obliged to spend money on how the congress heads, is unconstitutional.