The Long Path Trump’s Budget Needs to Take to Become Law, Explained Posted by Editor on February 27, 2017 in Executive Branch “President Trump is planning a budget that will apparently include a massive, 10 percent hike to defense spending, paid for by slashing the State Department, the EPA, foreign aid, and many domestic spending programs. That’s big news — but it doesn’t mean those changes are necessarily going to happen.” Share this:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Executive Branch