UNITED STATES

Intro: President Trump unveils his first finance bill

DONALD TRUMP has promised a “new chapter of American greatness” as he unveiled plans to spend billions of dollars more on defence and building the wall with Mexico.

In his first finance plan, the U.S. President intends to ramp up security by slashing budgets on foreign aid, poverty programmes and the environment.

Defence will receive a 10 per cent increase of some £44billion – the biggest since Ronald Reagan’s boost in the 1980s.

Officials say the money would be used to “accelerate the defeat” of Islamic State and ensure U.S. troops were the “most ready forces in the world”.

Homeland Security will also see its budget rise by 7 per cent, assigning £2.3billion for building the border wall.

The Environmental Protection Agency will be cut by 31 per cent, the State Department by 28 per cent, and Health and Human Services by 17.9 per cent.

Climate change research is to be axed completely, along with smaller agencies financing the arts, public service broadcasting, and legal aid for the poor.