Mulvaney: Only Way Dems Would Fund Military Is If They Got Money For Welfare Programs

Mulvaney said Trump’s primary concern on the budget was defense spending, and he said Democrats did not engage Republicans honestly on that.

"[Democrats] said publicly that they wanted to work with us on [defense], but when the doors closed, what happened was they would not give us a single dollar worth of additional defense funding without giving us additional money for welfare spending," Mulvaney said.

"The truth of the matter is because of the 60-vote rule in the Senate, we need Democratic support. And Democrats would not support our increase in defense spending without that dramatic increase in social welfare programs," Mulvaney added.