Trump unveils budget with ambitious goals for spending cuts, economic growth

Published March 11, 2019 3:32pm ET



President Trump released a fiscal year 2020 budget Monday that relies on sunny projections for economic growth and trillions in budget cuts to achieve the goal of balancing the budget by 2034.

Trump calls for $2.7 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years through major decreases in domestic spending. Much of that would be achieved through $1.9 trillion in cuts to entitlement spending.

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