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The Google AI overview on the topic “The Trump administration has reduced funding for health and education” presented the following summary drawing on information from the Center for American Progress.
The Trump administration (as of mid-2026) has proposed and implemented significant cuts to health and education, aiming to reduce federal spending by billions, targeting agencies like the CDC and NIH while seeking to eliminate specific education grants. Proposed budgets include slashing CDC funding by up to 50% and reducing NIH funding by over 10%.
On April 3, 2026, President Donald Trump submitted his annual budget request to Congress, calling for historic cuts to domestic funding and shifting that money toward historic increases in the military budget. Across steep cuts to education, housing, health, and other priorities, the budget calls for cutting nondefense discretionary funding—the portion of the budget that funds most domestic activities aside from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—to its lowest levels as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) since at least the Eisenhower administration. In contrast, the Trump administration’s budget calls for the biggest annual increase in the military budget as a share of GDP outside a ground war in U.S. history—and the largest increase inclusive of ground wars in more than 50 years. Within the context of the war in Iran, the budget should be seen as taking money away from Americans and sinking it into war. (Miller, n.d.)
The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. AP reported that Donald Trump decisively won Nevada's Republican caucuses for his third straight victory in February 2016. Trump told supporters in Las Vegas that he got votes from well educated and poorly educated people, adding "I love the poorly educated." (Feb. 24, 2016).
The leaders in Canada and Mexico may not be recipients of the love of the President for the poorly educated.
References
Miller, A. (n.d.). About Us. Center for American Progress. Retrieved June 10, 2026, from https://www.americanprogress.org/about-us/
