President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had 'overridden' proposed cuts to the U.S. government's funding of the Special Olympics, telling reporters at the White House, 'The Special Olympics will be funded.'
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had"overridden" proposed cuts to the U.S. government's funding of the Special Olympics, telling reporters at the White House,"The Special Olympics will be funded."
The announcement appeared to reverse the previously proposed elimination of approximately $18 million in government funding for the games, which had first appeared in the 2020 budget of the Department of Education.
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