In my last edition of Breakfast With The Donald, Part 1 - Do More With Less, I examined the projected upside of The Donald's proposed budget. Here in Part 2 - Do More With Less, I will now illustrate the potential downside of Trump's estimated budget.

To begin with The Donald's budget faces strong opposition from the Democrats, who actually have enough power to block the plan.

With prominent Senator John McCain of Arizona leading the charge, certain Republicans also seem to contest Trump's budget proposal.

The Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, McCain claimed, "It {Trump's budget} would do too little to help the Pentagon."

McCain also remarked, "Trump's budget proposal plans would fall short by about 40 billion {dollars} and represent just a small increase upon former President Barack Obama's recent Pentagon wish list."

A skeptical Mitch McConnell, who is a Republican Senator from Kentucky, only commented, "We'll see how it works out."

Furthering the Democrats opposition of The Donald's proposed budget, Charles Schumer, the outspoken Leader of the Senate Democrats, belligerently responded, "It is clear from this budget blueprint that President Trump fully intends to break his promises to working families by taking a meat ax to programs that benefit the middle class. A cut this steep almost certainly means cuts to agencies that protect consumers from Wall Street excess and protect clean air and water."

EDITORIAL NOTE: Talk about grasping at straws. However, that demonstrates the continuously uninformed allegations the Democrats make about everything Trump does. Perhaps they should keep paying gullible people to protest in the streets? It is about all the Democrats have left to do. Even their own leadership has stated the terrible condition the Democrats are currently in. (Also, if you read Part One of this essay you can easily detect Schumer's comments could not be further from the truth.)

With the battle lines clearly drawn, The Donald's tentative budget for 2018 was set to be forwarded to federal agencies who will be offered an opportunity to propose changes before the budget takes effect on October 1, 2017.

A Congressional showdown over The Donald's proposed budget seems imminent and a shutdown of the federal government poses another real possibility. This is not to say what the results of The Donald's proposed budget will be. These comments are solely intended to provide a glimpse of what the potential fallouts from that budget could be.

Additionally, another government shutdown could occur on April 28, 2017. There remains a deadline to finish up spending bills for the current 2017 budget year, Obama's final budget could be his last parting shot at hampering the United States' ability to function.

Time will tell how much of The Donald's proposed budget is approved and exactly what government programs will face the chopping block.