In big reversal new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit
President Trump on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government’s deficit over 10 years  conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases make this goal unattainable  three people familiar with the proposal said.
The White House and GOP leaders have largely jettisoned goals like this since  Trump  took office last year.  Trump ’s budget plan will call for a range of spending cuts that reduces the growth of the deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years  but  it  would not eliminate the deficit entirely  said the people familiar with the proposal  who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the plans before they’re publicly unveiled.
Still  when  Trump  proposes a budget that falls far short of eliminating the deficit   it  could heighten complaints from conservatives who have said the Republican party has strayed too far.
In 2017   Trump’s  budget proposal sought to eliminate the deficit over 10 years  though  his  budget writers were ridiculed for what some alleged was a $2 trillion math error.
The U.S. government spends more money than it brings in through revenue  a gap known as the budget deficit. The government ran a deficit of $666 billion in 2017. The deficit in 2019 is expected to eclipse $1.1 trillion  in part because of measures put in place since Trump took office.
For example  it called for $200 billion in federal funds for Trump’s infrastructure plan  $23 billion for border security and immigration enforcement  $85.5 billion for veterans programs and $13 billion over the next two years to combat the opioid epidemic.
[TGT] on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government’s deficit over 10 years  conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases make this goal unattainable  three people familiar with the proposal said.
The White House and GOP leaders have largely jettisoned goals like this since  [TGT]took office last year.  [TGT] ’s budget plan will call for a range of spending cuts that reduces the growth of the deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years  but  [TGT]  would not eliminate the deficit entirely  said the people familiar with the proposal  who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the plans before they’re publicly unveiled.
Still  when  [TGT]proposes a budget that falls far short of eliminating the deficit   it  could heighten complaints from conservatives who have said the Republican party has strayed too far.
In 2017   Trump’s  budget proposal sought to eliminate the deficit over 10 years  though  his  budget writers were ridiculed for what some alleged was a $2 trillion math error.
The U.S. government spends more money than it brings in through revenue  a gap known as the budget deficit. The government ran a deficit of $666 billion in 2017. The deficit in 2019 is expected to eclipse $1.1 trillion  in part because of measures put in place since [TGT] took office.
For example  it called for $200 billion in federal funds for Trump’s infrastructure plan  $23 billion for border security and immigration enforcement  $85.5 billion for veterans programs and $13 billion over the next two years to combat the opioid epidemic.