White House: Trump’s budget will cut foreign aid

Published February 27, 2017 7:58pm ET



President Trump plans to cut foreign aid as part of his first budget request to Congress, the White House announced Monday.

“We are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars,” Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters. “So we will be spending less overseas and spending more back home.”

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