'Today's the day the teddy bear Donald has a picnic', well, something like that anyway! He is going to spell out his budget and he has already announced that he is shovelling several 'squillion-brillion' towards 'defence' which, no doubt, he would describe as 'yuuuuge'. All this will be paid for by targeting 'waste, fraud and foreign aid', plus, making those in receipt of American military assistance pay more for the privilege. That will go down like a shit sandwich in various European capitals and quite whether 'Ahab the Arab' will pay up is anyone's guess!
I do hope, Donald, that you do your sums properly because the distinguished editors of The National Review remind us that you are also intent on even 'yuuuuger' spending on infrastructure projects. My eyes are beginning to water! Also, the NRO point out that foreign aid represents only about 1% of government expenditure. The truly enormous lay outs by the Government are mainly in entitlement claims, the likes of Obamacare, and quite how you begin slashing those is not yet clear.
Anyway, good luck with all that, Donald, but if you are intent on keeping those Democrat rascals out for a second term then make sure you do your sums!
David, Trump is only concerned with holding on to the 40% or so of voters that believe in him. The president's, any president's budget, is just a wish list. He wants his fans to know he's wishing as hard as he can. The Congress controls the budget. It's likely Trump will throw them under the bus when they can't deliver on his fantasies.
Posted by: Bob | Tuesday, 28 February 2017 at 15:55
40% is ok for a President as there is no other 60%.
Posted by: jimmy glesga | Tuesday, 28 February 2017 at 23:59