President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to promote several items from his upcoming budget, including funding for NASA, the Special Olympics and environmental projects in the Everglades and the Great Lakes.
Calling the project “good for Florida and good for the environment,” Trump touted a $200 million allotment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be used for Everglades restoration. “Congress needs to help us complete the world’s largest intergovernmental watershed restoration project ASAP!” he tweeted.
My Administration will be fighting for $200 million for the Army Corps Everglades restoration work this year. Congress needs to help us complete the world’s largest intergovernmental watershed restoration project ASAP! Good for Florida and good for the environment.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
The president then pushed plans to fund NASA and return to “the Moon, then Mars,” adding, “I am updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!”
Under my Administration, we are restoring @NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars. I am updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
Returning to environmental concerns, the president said he planned to add $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. “We must protect our Great Lakes, keeping them clean and beautiful for future generations,” he tweeted. (RELATED: House Democrats Cancel Budget Vote Due To Divided Party)
We must protect our Great Lakes, keeping them clean and beautiful for future generations. That’s why I am fighting for $300 million in my updated budget for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
Finally, after some backlash following an earlier plan to pull some federal funding from the Special Olympics, Trump confirmed that his proposed budget will “include $18 million for our GREAT @SpecialOlympics, whose athletes inspire us and make our Nation so PROUD!”
Today, I officially updated my budget to include $18 million for our GREAT @SpecialOlympics, whose athletes inspire us and make our Nation so PROUD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
These proposed updates would be added to Trump’s proposed budget, which was initially sent to Congress in March.