President Trump: Fiscal Year Budget Proposal

Key Chapter Title List

1. Core Policy Overview and Budget Framework
2. Department of State and USAID: Restructuring of Diplomacy and Aid Funding
3. Department of Education: Contraction of Federal Role in Education and Strengthening of Local Autonomy
4. Department of Health and Human Services: Public Health System Reform and Ideological Correction
5. Department of Homeland Security: Unprecedented Investment in Border Security and Internal Defense
6. Department of Defense: Investment in Military Modernization and "Peace Through Strength"
7. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy: Energy Dominance and Termination of the "Woke" Climate Agenda
8. Department of Justice: Focus of Law Enforcement Resources and Reining in Federal Power
9. Budget Adjustments for Other Federal Agencies and Elimination of Small Agencies
10. Budget Totals: Overall Changes, Departmental Allocations, and Mandatory Supplemental Explanations

Document Introduction

This report (document) is a letter from the Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, dated May 2, 2025, along with accompanying detailed budget tables. It formally outlines the Trump Administration's preliminary proposals for discretionary appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026). This proposal serves as a prelude to the President's full fiscal plan, aiming to provide a framework for Congress to begin debating appropriations bills for the new fiscal year. Its core objectives are to balance the budget through significant reductions in non-defense spending, restore confidence in U.S. fiscal management, and re-establish policy priorities centered on "America First."

The proposal is based on a rigorous, line-by-line review of FY 2025 spending, concluding that current expenditures deviate from the needs of ordinary American working families and excessively fund non-governmental organizations and higher education institutions dedicated to radical gender and climate ideologies. The document advocates for stripping a significant number of functions and responsibilities from the federal level that should be borne by state or local governments, or even American families, thereby achieving substantial budget savings. Specifically, the President proposes cutting non-defense base discretionary budget authority by $163 billion, a 22.6% reduction from the current fiscal year, while pledging to protect funding for homeland security, veterans, seniors, law enforcement, and infrastructure. This constraint is projected to generate trillions of dollars in savings over a decade.

In stark contrast to the domestic spending cuts, the budget proposes unprecedented growth for defense and border security. Defense spending is slated to increase by 13%, reaching $1.01 trillion; the Department of Homeland Security is set to receive a historic investment estimated at up to $175 billion to fully secure the border. Of this, at least $325 billion (including defense and border security) is planned to be provided through the budget reconciliation process as a mandatory supplement to discretionary spending. This is to ensure that military and border enforcement agencies can "clean up" problems left by the previous administration and strengthen defenses, preventing funds from being used by Democrats to force increases in wasteful non-defense spending. This reflects the strategic intent to directly tie fiscal resources to core national security missions.

The attachments to the letter, presented in tabular form, exhaustively list funding change recommendations for various departments and major programs, constituting the main analytical content of the report. The changes affect nearly all domestic and civil sectors, including diplomacy, education, health, justice, environmental protection, energy, transportation, and housing, as well as independent agencies like NASA and NSF. The motivations for cuts and consolidations are highly consistent: terminating ideological programs deemed "woke" (particularly those involving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, climate action, and radical gender issues), eliminating duplicative and inefficient federal programs, returning power and responsibility to state and local governments, combating fraud and abuse, and redirecting resources to areas that directly serve the "America First" agenda. New investments are concentrated in areas such as border wall construction, large-scale deportation operations, military modernization (e.g., the "Golden Dome" missile defense system, sixth-generation F-47 fighter aircraft), critical infrastructure (aviation, shipping, rail safety), and traditional energy and critical mineral development.

Overall, this document is not merely a fiscal blueprint but a policy declaration deeply reflective of a specific political philosophy and governance vision. It systematically outlines a profound intended restructuring of the federal government's role: contracting its intervention in domestic social policy, environmental protection, and international affairs, while significantly strengthening its functions and investments in traditional security, border control, military superiority, and economic nationalism. The ultimate implementation of the proposal will depend on congressional negotiations, but its recommendations themselves clearly define the potential strategic shift in future U.S. domestic and foreign policy and the underlying value conflicts.