In a wide-ranging Foreign Affairs op-ed published Tuesday, Trump’s last national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, decried “American weakness” and called for “peace through strength” (read Politico story here). That’s a meaningless political jab coupled with a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Spending Cuts’
May 10th, 2018 - 8:31 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How Trump is cutting spending — and where
To appease GOP deficit hawks in Congress, Trump is submitting $15 billion of spending “rescissions.” Congress approved this spending, and appropriated money for it, but executive branch agencies under Trump’s control didn’t spend it. The rescissions include $7 billion for the[...]