Trump’s proposed 2021 budget includes another significant increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs: a 13 percent increase to $90 billion for medical services, another $19.5 billion in other discretionary spending, and $134 billion in mandatory funding for veteran benefits. It’s one of only a handful of agencies with proposed bumps; the others are NASA, Homeland Security, Treasury, and Defense — but none see such significant boosts. Conversely, all other departments have proposed cuts, from a 2 percent cut for Justice to a 37 percent cut for Commerce.

Does this signify Trump supports veterans? Hardly.

We do not transition out of the military and live in veteran-exclusive bubbles. Let’s take a look at some of the ways veterans — along with our fellow Americans — stand to be harmed by these slashes.

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Given the fate of Trump’s previous budget proposals, perhaps there is no need to be concerned: many consider the 2021 budget to be “dead on arrival” in Congress.

However, based on news headlines alone, some may believe that this administration obviously must support veterans based on the proposed boosts to VA alone.

VA’s budget has been climbing dramatically for years as the costs of our wars come home to roost, though (it nearly doubled under Obama). And as I’ve shown, simply funneling more money to VA while simultaneously taking an ax to the myriad other agencies across the government that also provide vital services and support to veterans is a hollow show of support.

Kayla Williams is a senior fellow and director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security. She previously served two years as director of the Center for Women Veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs, serving as primary adviser to the secretary on policies, programs and legislation affecting women veterans. Prior to that, she worked at the RAND Corporation, where she did research related to veteran health needs and benefits, international security and intelligence policy. She is the author of “Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army,” a memoir of her deployment to Iraq.