Trump Backs $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut in House GOP Budget Plan (1)

President Donald Trump backed a House budget plan calling for a $4.5 trillion tax cut, slapping back Senate Republicans’ efforts to rush through funds to help bolster his immigration crackdown in favor of a larger bill that will likely take months to negotiate.

Trump intervened in the ongoing budget conflict between House and Senate Republicans with a social media post Wednesday just before a key congressional vote.

President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg

The Senate plans to vote this week on a budget that would add $150 billion to military spending and increase immigration and border enforcement by $175 billion. Senate Republicans say they prefer ...