Schwarzenegger: Cutting $1.2B from after-school programs is ‘not making America great’

Published April 6, 2017 2:02am ET



Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif., on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration’s budget proposal not to fund after-school programs as contradictory to the president’s campaign message.

“He has talked so much about the making America great. I just feel like taking that $1.2 billion away from the kids is not making America great,” Schwarzenegger told CNN host Van Jones at a town hall on Wednesday evening.

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