Trump will put $100 billion into a slush fund so he doesn't have to deal with budget cuts: report

[Judi Lynn]

SARAH K. BURRIS
31 MAR 2019 AT 20:08 ET

Republicans have spent a generation complaining about deficits, government spending and attacking a so-called “big government.” Yet, within just a few years the entire party has turned 180 degrees.

In a recent Axios scoop, a closed-door meeting at the White House this week revealed President Donald Trump is angry about the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration. But instead of working with the GOP-led Senate to come up with a solution, he plans to utilize a slush fund instead.

“The president does not want a caps deal” to keep sequestration from kicking in, legislative affairs official Paul Teller told staff and conservative groups on Capitol Hill.

Instead of making a deal, the White House think sit can offset the cuts to the Pentagon by putting $100 billion “in a controversial slush fund that sequestration can’t touch.”

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[Iliyah]

1. 1 billion, yeah right. For one thing I don't think he can do that . .

Secondly, I wouldn't trust him, his family nor anyone in the administration and cabinet.

[tanyev]

2. Let me guess, Jared would administer it? And any record requests declined for 'national security'?

Riiiiight.

[hedda_foil]

3. That means he'll steal it from other accounts that Congress funds.

It's the only way he can get his grubby little paws on big bucks. Steal from Social Security? Medicare? Medicaid? The funds he's trying to slash.anyway. How's about another national emergency? A really, really BIG one that only the military can fight.

[Dan]

4. If the Trump family

Was able to get their hands on 100 billion without oversight,
The boy will steal it and run,
Screw the presidency, for a 100 billion he would be gone.