President Trump’s recent embrace of additional deficit-busting policies, fresh off the passage of tax legislation that could send deficits soaring, has worried fiscal hawks and placed further strain on his relationships with conservatives.
Trump first threw his support behind a bipartisan two-year deal this month that lifted budget caps for both military and non-defense spending. Although he conceded that the deal “forced” Republicans “to increase spending on things we do not like or want,” Trump ultimately argued in favor of the budget agreement because it boosted funding levels for the military.
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