Trump’s Budget: A Visual Guide to the Biggest Winners and Losers - NBC News

POLITICS MAR 16 2017, 2:08 PM ET
Trump’s Budget: A Visual Guide to the Biggest Winners and Losers
by SAM PETULLA

President Donald Trump has released his "America First" budget, and it makes dramatic cuts to the federal government while adding $54 billion in defense spending.
"If [Trump] said it on the campaign, it's in the budget," Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said in statement.
But many of the proposed changes were met with rebuke before even being announced. "It's dead on arrival," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said last month, objecting to the then-rumored cuts in State Department funding. The president's budget is a blueprint — Congress has ultimate control.
See the full scope of Trump's budget proposal below.
Overview of Changes in Trump's Budget

-31.4%
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
-28.7%
State, USAID and International Programs
-20.7%
Agriculture
-20.7%
Labor
-16.3%
Corps of Engineers
-16.2%
Health and Human Services
-15.7%
Commerce
-13.5%
Education
-13.2%
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
-12.7%
Transportation
-11.7%
Interior
-9.8%
Other
-5.6%
Energy
-5%
Small Business Administration
-4.4%
Treasury
-3.8%
Justice (DOJ)
-0.8%
NASA
0.2%
Social Security Administration
5.9%
Veterans Affairs
6.8%
Homeland Security
10%
Defense
Biggest Winners in the Trump Budget
Mulvaney described the mix of cuts and increases as a "hard power budget" in a briefing with reporters. The biggest winners are focused on defense and national security, consistent with Trump's promise to restore "law and order" and take a more aggressive posture towards terrorism.
5.9%
Veterans Affairs
6.8%
Homeland Security
10%
Defense
Biggest Losers in the Trump Budget
Almost every federal agency and department loses in Trump's budget, but the EPA is hit hardest. However, the proposal also entirely eliminates funding for dozens of smaller agencies and programs such as the National Endowment for the Arts, money for public broadcasting, programs to combat climate change and assistance for low-income Americans, including the Meals on Wheels program.
-31.4%
EPA
-28.7%
State, USAID and International Programs
-20.7%
Labor

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