Arnold Schwarzenegger in mocking President Trump's proposed budget for its cuts to funding for after-school programs — a cause the Austrian-born action star championed as governor of California.

"President Trump promised us that he wants to 'make America great again.' That's not how you make America great — by taking $1.2 billion away from the children and robbing them blind," the former Republican governor said during a speech at the National After School Summit on Wednesday.

"Why would he do that? Why would he want to balance the budget on the backs of those kids. Kids are the most vulnerable citizens," he said.

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In Trump's proposed budget, nearly $3 billion would be cut from education programs, including $1.2 billion from a teacher-oriented grant program that funds after-school programs.

Last month, Schwarzenegger hit Trump's budget for similar reasons, also knocking his declining approval ratings and advising him to visit D.C. schools to see the "fantastic work" being done for students through federal funding.

In 2013, Schwarzenegger came to D.C. and met with lawmakers at the Capitol to discuss after school-programs. He visited several local middle schools during that trip.

You can hear Schwarzenegger's comments on his Facebook page.

The president and the former governor have repeatedly sparred since Trump's inauguration, with Trump mocking the ratings of his replacement host on "The Celebrity Apprentice."