From the White House Mid Session Budget Report itself -

"While focusing on the economic health of
the Nation, the Trump Administration continues to work toward getting the Nation’s fiscal house in order

The Administration inherited
a tremendous debt and deficit problem, including an increase in the debt of more than $9 trillion over the eight years of the Obama
Administration, which was clearly on an unsustainable path.

The President’s budgets
have made difficult choices in order to rein in spending, lower the growth of the national debt, and focus Government on its most important job: protecting the Nation

The President supported Congressional efforts to replace Obamacare and his most recent Budget would save nearly $700 billion by
replacing Obamacare with legislation modeled closely after the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) bill

Additional reforms within the 2019 budget would help set Government
healthcare spending on a sustainable fiscal
path that leads to a bigger bang for the buck

Addressing Obamacare would have also reduced regulatory burdens for small businesses, some of whom stayed below 50 full-time
workers to avoid penalties while shifting full-time workers to part-time status

In the TCJA, Congress repealed the Obamacare individual
mandate, eliminating the tax penalty for Americans who decided not to buy coverage

The Administration will continue to work with Congress to provide relief from Obamacare’s mandates and increase more affordable and
flexible coverage options

The Mid-Session Review (MSR) provides
updated estimates for changes that have occurred since the President’s budget was released in February

The 2019 deficit has been revised to $1.1 trillion

The increases in the deficit compared with the Budget are almost
entirely related to increases in spending from
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and the
subsequent Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2018 (Omnibus)

The President signed the
Omnibus to secure a historic and much-needed
funding increase for our military, but he does
not support its unnecessary increases to non-
defense spending

The MSR incorporates the President’s proposal to constrain non-defense
discretionary spending going forward, saving nearly $900 billion compared with current law

Despite the increases from enacted legislation, under the President’s policies to cut spending and grow the economy, the deficit
will fall from 4.4 percent of GDP in 2018 to 1.4
percent of GDP in 2028

The Administration will continue to work with Congress to enact fiscal discipline through spending restraint

End of copied report - Beginning of Budwick comment -

Imagine how much better it could have been if the dems and Rinos would simply cooperate a little bit. And, if the administration didn't have to waste so much time defending itself from bogus accusations!

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