川普要求增加軍費，削減國務院開支

U.S. President Donald Trump is kicking off the long federal budget process with proposals to increase defense spending, while making cuts to budgets for the State Department and other agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency.

Administration officials say the White House is detailing its vision for federal spending in a memo to agencies on Monday. The Office of Management and Budget says a more complete budget outline is expected to be released in mid-March.

As a candidate, Trump repeatedly promised to boost the military, and in a speech Friday he pledged "one of the greatest military buildups in American history."

He has also said he would not seek cuts in programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

Whatever the president proposes to agencies Monday will surely not be the final budget for the 2018 fiscal year, which begins in October. Each agency will respond with arguments for what it thinks should be its budget, and ultimately it is up to Congress to vote on federal spending.

Trump is meeting Monday at the White House with House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. A day later, he addresses a joint session of Congress in a major speech six weeks into his presidency.美國總統川普在啓動耗費時日的聯邦預算程序之際，提出增加國防開支，同時削減國務院和環境保護署等其他機構的預算。

政府官員說，白宮將在星期一發送給聯邦政府各機構的備忘錄中詳細闡明其願景。管理和預算辦公室表示，預計將在3月中旬發佈更完整的預算大綱。

川普在競選時一再承諾加強軍事力量，並在星期五的一次演講中誓言造就“美國曆史上最偉大的軍事擴充之一”。

他還表示，不會尋求削減諸如社會保障和聯邦醫療保險等計劃。

川普總統星期一向政府機構提出的計劃，肯定不會是10月開始的2018財政年度的最終預算。每個機構都會以自己設想的預算作出迴應，並最終由國會就聯邦支出進行投票表決。

川普週一將在白宮會見衆議院議長瑞恩和參議院多數黨領袖麥康奈爾。一天後，也就是他上任總統六週後，將在國會的一次參衆兩院聯合會議上發表重要講話。