Trump budget calls for deep cuts to social safety net

View photosEric Ueland, Republican Staff Director of the Senate Budget Committee, hands out copies of US President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 23, 2017 (AFP Photo/SAUL LOEB)
MoreWashington (AFP) – The White House delivered to Congress Tuesday a proposed 2018 budget that would deeply cut programs for the poor and rural America, as well as diplomacy and foreign aid, while boosting defense and border security.
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