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The US Trump administration's budget textbook, which sets out the government's thinking on next year's budget, states that it will greatly reduce foreign aid and call on allies to increase defense spending. The content strongly reflects President Trump's election promise for re-election.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration issued a budget textbook showing the government's thinking on a budget for a new fiscal year beginning in October.

In the United States, budgeting authority is in Congress, the budget textbook is perceived as summarizing the attitude of the government, and it is the last opportunity for President Trump to show his own policies over the budget before the presidential election .

This Budget Textbook proposes a defense budget of 81 trillion yen in Japanese yen, while reducing the budget of the State Department, including aid to foreign countries, by 1.3 trillion yen, or 22%, compared to this year.

He further stated, "The US government will call on allies to take more responsibility for their own defenses." He stated a policy of urging allies to increase defense spending. The contents strongly reflect the election promise.

On the other hand, it is stated that the government is aiming to eliminate the fiscal deficit that has been expanded by the Trump administration due to a large tax cut, etc. in the next 15 years, but the economic growth rate underlying It is expected to be around 3%, which is likely to raise doubts about the feasibility.