Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Trump proposes 2027 budget with massive defense buildup and domestic cuts — President Trump is preparing to release a fiscal year 2027 budget plan on April 3, 2026, built around a massive defense buildup offset by cuts to domestic programs and health care entitlements. According to a closed-press speech accidentally posted and then deleted by the White House, Trump stated that America cannot afford daycare, Medicaid, or Medicare because it is "fighting wars" and that money must go to the military. The budget reflects a prioritization of military spending over social safety net programs.
• Trump budget request includes $1.5 trillion military spending, nearly double 2024 levels — President Trump's official budget request proposes $1.5 trillion in military spending, nearly double the 2024 defense budget of $841 billion. The budget strips funding from Medicare, Medicaid, hospitals, and social programs. The budget also includes $152 million to rebuild Alcatraz as a "state-of-the-art secure prison facility."
• Trump administration requests record $1.5 trillion defense budget — The Trump administration requested Congress approve roughly $1.5 trillion in defense spending on April 3, a nearly 40% increase from current levels and the highest in US history. To fund the increase, the proposal calls for a 10% cut in non-defense spending, including $73 billion from domestic programs involving healthcare, housing, and education. The administration also requested $152 million to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as an active prison.

Supporting reports

• Republicans considered cutting federal health spending to fund war and immigration enforcement — Axios reported that Republicans in Congress are considering cutting federal health spending to help pay for a budget that includes up to $200 billion for the war with Iran and immigration enforcement. This represents a shift in federal spending priorities away from domestic health care toward military and enforcement spending.
• Republicans proposed federal health spending reductions to fund Iran war and immigration enforcement — House Republicans considered reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. Top House Republicans examined health care offsets addressing fraud in federal programs, similar to cuts made during the previous year's budget debate that reduced Medicaid spending and imposed first-time work requirements. The proposal is expected to draw election-year criticism that Republicans are cutting health care to fund an unpopular war.
• Republicans considered health care cuts to fund Iran war and ICE — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told Axios on March 30 that Republicans were considering making cuts to federal health care spending to pay for the Iran war and to find more money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Scalise framed the cuts as targeting areas of "waste and fraud and abuse."