washington unusual newly mint white house present know skinny budget wish list spend request congress basic economic projections however president donald trump first crack budget release thursday take skinny new anemic level lay plan boost military spend cut foreign aid array domestic program spreadsheets bullet point weigh mere 53 page contain four slender table trump budget little meat bone experts hungry dive detail new administration fiscal policy may make skinny skinny budget far compare 40 years presidential budget transition years track congressional research service crs president jimmy carter take office first budget document 101 page crs say president george h.w bush first take 193 page president george w. bush around length 207 page president bill clinton first budget document 145 page president barack obama initial take lean 134 page difference focus trump budget look discretionary program year ahead account third overall budget make assumptions mandatory spend program like social security medicare say nothing spend beyond fiscal 2018 give projections promise tax cut infrastructure spend might affect nation bottom line budget blueprint complete budget say trump budget director mick mulvaney ahead release promise full buffet data forecast detail full budget mid-may sure budget experts expect hefty document trump administration hint would thin side skinny could emaciate robert bixby executive director concord coalition non-partisan budget reform advocacy group say interview tuesday point get put card table show number bixby say maya macguineas head committee responsible federal budget say detail fully understand large choices ahead impossible see big picture piece puzzle kenneth baer former associate director obama office management budget say overly skinny budget would make hard interpret trump administration would spend taxpayers money sort like build house put front door baer say click graphic 'winners losers trump 's budget trump put skinny 'skinny budget