Last week, President Donald Trump declared that the federal government cannot afford to spend "any money for day care" because "we're fighting wars." According to Trump, the well-being of America's children is not a concern of the administration. "We have to take care of one thing: military protection," Trump declared. "We have to guard the country."

The combined $1.7 trillion is double the funding baseline before Trump's second term of about $850 billion, according to an analysis by Taxpayers for Common Sense.