ALT 80% of Trump’s budget goes to war and policing. Proposal halves funding for public investments, still increases deficit. The red-orange stacked column chart is as follows: Military, $1.5 trillion; Department of State military aid, $11.2 billion; Department of Veterans Affairs, $145.3 billion; Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, $125.4 billion; Other, $441.2 billion. Amounts: requested discretionary funding plus supplemental discretionary via reconciliation. Military: budget function 050. Agency amounts only include funding related to war and policing. Data: President’s Budget for fiscal year 2027, Office of Management and Budget.

ALT Trump’s SNAP cut has yet to surpass Biden’s. In 9 months, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 cut $4 billion in SNAP benefits; One Big Beautiful Bill Act has cut $1 billion. This line graph shows average monthly SNAP benefits in 2026 dollars. December 2022, $11.8 billion; September 2023, $7.7 billion. July 2025, $8 billion; April 2026, $6.9 billion. Data: USDA, April 2019 to April 2026, adjusted for inflation using food price deflator.

ALT Kicking millions off Medicaid in 2023 drove record ACA Marketplace growth in 2024. This line chart shows the growth in Medicaid and CHIP enrollees under continuous coverage — from 72 million to 95 million — and the decline under unwinding, from 95 million to 78 million. It also shows that Marketplace enrollment grew from 12 million to 16 million after enhanced subsidies started in March 2021, and from 16 million to 24 million as millions were kicked off Medicaid. Enrollment data: KFF, Medicaid.gov. Figures as of January 2025 for Marketplace, June 2025 for Medicaid. Unwinding to be completed by the end of December 2025.