{"id":1053057,"date":"2025-05-30T22:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T02:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053057"},"modified":"2025-05-30T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T02:44:07","slug":"trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-his-budget-that-puts-billionaires-first-and-americans-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-his-budget-that-puts-billionaires-first-and-americans-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Doesn\u2019t Want You To Read His Budget That Puts Billionaires First and Americans Last"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Trump unveiling his \u201cbillionaire first\u201d budget agenda, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRipped straight from House Republicans\u2019 playbook, Trump just unveiled his \u2018billionaire first\u2019 budget on a Friday night, in the hopes of hiding devastating cuts to essential programs from the American people. Trump wants to rip away food benefits from millions of children and families who rely on them, gut billions from programs that keep our communities safe, and cut rental assistance nearly in half for millions of Americans \u2014 all to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Trump tried to sneak his extreme and unpopular budget past the American people, but Democrats will always fight for working families \u2014 and they\u2019ll never let him get away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW: Donald Trump just put forth his devastating budget that would gut critical programs from health care to food assistance. Here\u2019s a look at how his budget would hurt Americans:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cut <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TyJonesCox\/status\/1928584832344289752\">$1.3 billion<\/a> in food benefits for more than five million children and new families\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slash <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WillPFischer\/status\/1928581623630418361\">43% <\/a>in critical rental assistance programs, leaving millions of Americans without help to put a roof over their heads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/05\/30\/us\/trump-news\/7fd808ef-0dd7-5296-9b6b-cc826156571c?smid=url-share\">$2.7 billion<\/a> in cancer research, ripping more than one-third of the National Cancer Institute\u2019s budget\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eliminate Homeland Security team focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bgov.com\/bloomberg-government-news\/trump-budget-scraps-homeland-team-focused-on-mass-threats\">combating mass threats\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Axe <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/trump-seeks-25-cut-to-labor-department-staff-in-budget-plan\">25%<\/a> of the Department of Labor\u2019s workforce\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End programs that keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091\">pesticides and toxic chemicals<\/a> away from our families\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slash support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091\">preschools and homeless children<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take money away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091\">farmers<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Trump unveiling his \u201cbillionaire first\u201d budget agenda, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cRipped straight from House Republicans\u2019 playbook, Trump just unveiled his \u2018billionaire first\u2019 budget on a Friday night, in the hopes of hiding devastating cuts to essential programs from the American people. Trump wants to rip away food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Doesn\u2019t Want You To Read His Budget That Puts Billionaires First and Americans Last - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-his-budget-that-puts-billionaires-first-and-americans-last\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T02:44:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T02:44:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-his-budget-that-puts-billionaires-first-and-americans-last\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-his-budget-that-puts-billionaires-first-and-americans-last\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Doesn\u2019t Want You To Read His Budget That Puts Billionaires First and Americans Last - 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