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White House Releases $4.8T Budget, Keeps Deficit Through 2036

April Ryan
February 11, 2020

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The White House released a $4.8 trillion budget for 2021 which aims to balance the budget in 15 years. Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Today we’re releasing @POTUS‘s Budget for America’s Future.

•Balances in 15 years
•$4.6 trillion in deficit reduction
•21% cut to foreign aid
— Russ Vought (@RussVought45) February 10, 2020

Russ Vought comments about the Trump Administration’s optimism with funding for modernizing nuclear stockpiles, ending overseas conflicts, border security, and career & technical training for high school students.

Vought also claims the budget protects Social Security and Medicare will grow.

AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan asks Vought to explain cuts to social safety nets under the proposed new budget.

We will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare in Fiscal 2021 Budget. Only the Democrats will destroy them by destroying our Country’s greatest ever Economy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2020

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

Acting OMB Director Russ Vought speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan