The move would save $26.7 billion (£20.6 billion) and would see the likes of community learning centres and low income home energy assistance scrapped.

Some of the schemes are likely to receive funding for 2018 as part of the plan to phase them out.

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wave to reporters before boarding the Air Force One to Brussels, at the end of a 2-day visit to Italy including a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, at Rome's Fiumicino international airport

US President Donald Trump security vehicles are seen in front of Air Force One before take off from Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania look at the frescoed ceilings during their visit to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican

Pope Francis gets into is car after meeting with US President Donald Trump

Pope Francis meets US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania during a private audience at the Vatican

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with US President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican

Pope Francis walks past Ivanka Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the occasion of the private audience with President Donald Trump, at the Vatican

US President Donald J. Trump arrives in a vehicle to Saint Damaso's Court for a private audience with Pope Francis in Vatican City

Ivanka Trump, assistant and daughter of US President Donald J. Trump, touches the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

US First Lady Melania Trump touches the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and White House senior advisor Jared Kushner leave notes at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump stands next to Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz at the plaza in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalems Old City

US President Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump in Jerusalem's Old City

US President Donald Trump watches as First Lady Melania Trump signs the guest book at the President's Residence in Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump gestures during a press conference with Israel's President at the President's Residence in Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv

US First Lady Melania Trump chats wife Sara Netanyahu as US President Donald Trump chats to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a welcoming ceremony to welcome Trump at Ben Gurion International Airport

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit during welcome ceremony in Tel Aviv

US President Donald J. Trump and his wife, US First Lady Melania Trump are welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, in Lod outside Tel Aviv, Israel

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump disembark Air Force One on arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel

Israeli soldiers wait for the arrival ceremony of US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for Israel, the next stop in Trump's international tour, at King Khalid International Airport

First Lady Melania Trump makes her way to board Air Force One in Riyadh as she heads with her husband the US President to Israel

First Lady Melania Trump shares a laugh with a child during a visit to the American International School in the Saudi capital Riyadh

US President Donald Trump looks on as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef exchange a memorandum of understanding

US President Donald Trump accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, before delivering his remarks to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Palestinians print posters depicting US President Donald Trump in preparations for his planned visit, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud presents U.S. President Donald Trump with the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump adjusts the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal, after it was bestowed upon him by Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with US President Donald J. Trump and wife Melania during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

US President Donald J. Trump with King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during a welcome ceremony with traditional sword dancers at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud being welcomed at Murabba Palace in Riyadh

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud arriving for a reception ahead of a banquet at Murabba Palace in Riyadh

The White House is hoping to slash federal spending by $3.6 trillion (£2.8 trillion) over the next decade with defence being one of the few areas set for increased funding.

An additional $25 billion (£19 billion) for defence has been allocated for the next fiscal year, following a similar increase in the current budget, according to US broadcaster CNBC .

Here is the full list of the programmes that are to be eliminated by Trump’s budget, according to The Hill website: