Trump to Propose 2021 Fiscal Year Budget
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We ran the numbers: There are 2641 news articles covering this topic. 40% (1056) are left leaning, 41% (1071) center, 19% (514) right leaning.
President Trump proposed $4.4 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade in his budget for the 2021 fiscal year. While left-leaning articles focus on the fact that Trump’s new proposed budget includes dramatic cuts in disability and safety net programs, right-leaning articles report that the budget moves towards the right direction in terms of budget balancing.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Trump’s budget will include billions of additional dollars for his wall along the southern border along with cuts to safety net programs like Medicaid, disability insurance, and housing assistance. The article states that the budget serves as a blueprint for Trump’s priorities if he wins a second term. However, it is unlikely that Congress will accept such cuts, especially in the realms of housing, environmental programs, and the arts.
NPR published a centrist-leaning article reporting that Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts immediately drew criticism from retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, who stated that the more the international affairs budget is cut, the higher the risk for deadly military operations. However, on Saturday, Trump tweeted, “We will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare in Fiscal 2021 Budget.”
A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner highlights that President Trump’s budget proposal is moving in the right direction, as moving toward budget balance in 15 years is better than growing deficits indefinitely. The article notes that the goal of balancing the budget in 10 years has undoubtedly become harder to do, but Trump’s budget moves closer to this goal by making progress towards reducing growth in mandatory spending with good governance reforms and a zero-tolerance policy for waste and fraud.