President Donald Trump’s Friday budget request shows he’s sticking with his message that the government is larded with waste, even after a year in which his Department of Government Efficiency lopped off huge chunks of the federal bureaucracy.
But this year, Trump’s quest to rein in government spending is complicated by a wild card: his expanding military ambitions, as reflected in the budget’s 42% hike in defense spending.
Trump said in a televised address Wednesday that the US will end its military campaign in Iran within two to three weeks. But he also threatened attacks on Iran’s power plants if ...