washington trump administration budget proposal would convert unite state foreign military grant loan part large effort slash spend diplomacy aid program abroad 29 percent white house say monday cut program state department part mean fund increase military spend white house budget document show total defense spend 2018 fiscal year 603 billion percent high president barack obama propose 2018 fiscal year defense budget 603 billion include fund nuclear weapons program department energy national defense program well department defense pentagon specific defense request 574.5 billion increase 4.6 percent compare fiscal year 2017. president donald trump proposal unite state would spend 29.1 percent less state department international program 2018 fiscal year compare 2017 decrease 11.5 billion decrease include re-shaping way countries receive military aid unite state foreign military finance give countries loan grant buy u.s. military equipment state department decide countries give finance pentagon execute decisions trump proposal many current grant would instead convert loan change couple foreign military program direct grant loan say mick mulvaney director white house office management budget brief reporters monday argument instead ... give somebody 100 million could give small number worth loan guarantee could actually buy stuff military aid israel egypt two close u.s. ally middle east big recipients u.s. military assistance remain unchanged mulvaney say wall street journal first report proposal say foreign military grant could affect pakistan tunisia lebanon ukraine colombia philippines vietnam u.s. military assistance partner ally reach 13.5 billion 2015 28 percent u.s. foreign aid spend year accord congressional research service grant foreign military finance fmf program go israel egypt jordan pakistan iraq congress ultimately control government purse string may reject many trump administration proposals republicans democrats congress criticize size cut state department u.s. agency international development mulvaney say aid pakistan would reduce though give concrete detail state department still flexibility come final plan know writ large propose move several countries direct grant program loan guarantee program say todd harrison defense budget analyst center strategic budgetary assessments say switch grant loan military aid may mean countries able afford u.s. military equipment force go elsewhere supply countries buy china russia place shop one ways build capacity partner grant harrison say interest interoperability ally military grant part that thomas spoehr direct center national defense conservative heritage foundation say conversion grant loan challenge especially small military aid recipient countries like macedonia tunisia proposal whose time come spoehr say give u.s. budget deficits high military spend overall probably prudent place make cut give investments make national defense spoehr say trump 's budget propose convert military grant loan