By Bill Hoffmann | NEWSMAX<\/p>\n
The\u00a0$4.4 trillion budget<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0sent to Congress by President Donald Trump is an “outrageous” spending plan that will further plunge the nation into debt, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told\u00a0Newsmax TV<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n “I am so disappointed,” DeLay, a Texas Republican, told Miranda Khan on Newsmax’s “America Talks Live.”<\/p>\n “This is just outrageous \u2026 I just love the fact we had leadership on the tax bill \u2014\u00a0even though it wasn’t a conservative tax bill the tax cuts were greatly important for the economy \u2014\u00a0but then there’s no leadership, particularly from Trump \u2026 in reducing the size of government, in reducing the spending in America \u2026<\/p>\n “He increases the deficit, along with the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to a trillion dollars a year. That’s so \u2026 That’s so Obama-ian.”<\/p>\n Trump’s budget, which includes increases in military spending, would push the deficit to more than $7.1 trillion over the next decade, according to\u00a0The New York Times.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “It’s either going to inflame the [Republican] base and they’re going to rise up against the Senate and the president or they’re just going to shake their heads and walk away. And neither of these is a good option.”<\/p>\n One solution, DeLay believes lawmakers should “take the lead now” and make a direct pitch to Americans.<\/p>\n “[They should] say look this government is too big, under Obama it has grown out of proportion and out of control, and we’re going to bring those controls to the government and we’re going to reduce the size of government and people would just rally all over this country,” DeLay told Khan.<\/p>\n