Want To Know How The Orange Menace Intends To Pay For His War of Choice?
Published on April 06, 2026
Trump has released his budget and wants $500 billion more for the military to pay for his war against Iran. He proposes to fund it by cutting:
* $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
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