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Out, i know personally from history where that -- how that money gets allocated. >> reporter: after the budget rollout, director mick mulvaney getting pushback from republican lawmakers. >> my reaction is it's probably dead on arrival. >> reporter: but don't expect trump voters to give up on the man they elected just yet. >> if and when people start feeling the pinch in their pocketbook or even if they are doing okay but they see their family members, their communities suffering, that's usually when you'll see a real political shift. >> well, many are calling this had a messaging document. it ...

If it were just this one pot, that would be called legislating. now you're talking about fundamental differences in the world. >> this is the problem with paul ryan when he built the sort of better agenda to campaign on, but really what that was is a broad brush view, messaging document. but certainly people signed into it. but when you get to the legislation when it has an impact, people will revolt. and they cut this deal behind closed doors, a lot of people were excluded. >> as you're discussing that, it's one thing as a political document, he's dealing with a caucus that has -- the majorit...

Tanker. these are actually wise investments. we are well below where secretary gates thought we should be. before he left office, he laid out a long-term budget that, again, would have, you know, frankly have more money than president trump is proposing at this point in time. i think he is a pretty thoughtful guy and i think he is somebody who is both parties trust. i will tell you we have been underfunding the military and overusing it for a good decade now. >> congressman tom cole, thank you very much for your perspective this morning. >> thank you. bob woodward, final thoughts? >> well, on ...

Through this bill in the middle of the night is because they know it's bad. they know that it's going to kick millions of people off insurance drive costs up for older americans and everyone else. they are going to do with this with the republican votes only. they have no interest in working with democrats. if they do, miraculously come to their senses and decide to make this bill better, we've got a pretty long list already of ways in which we can perfect this law rather than throw the entire health care market into chaos. >> i know you've got a long list. why not actually propose your own le...

Is it going to be offset by massive cuts. you heard what steven just said, do you think this plan is realistic? >> no, of course not. all we're missing is a call to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, and we'll pay for his programs with that. i would note that this budget is not a real budget, and that they're just putting magic asterisks in for the tax plan for the repealing of obama care. they're not even trying to get the numbers to add up. i think this is more of a political document. and that's okay. the budget comes out of congress. so the presidential guj ets are always more of a messagin...