AS YOU WISH, SO IT SHALL BE: “The president proposes, Congress disposes,” is a saying popular on Capitol Hill. As we pore over President Trump’s $4.4 trillion budget plan for fiscal 2019, including $716 billion for defense and national security, it’s important to keep in mind that the president’s budget request is merely a wish list, an outline of the president’s priorities, and is sent to Congress with the hope that it will be taken into account as lawmakers do the real budget-making.