{"id":49345,"date":"2025-05-06T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=49345"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:45:34","slug":"trump-administration-drastic-sba-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/trump-administration-drastic-sba-cuts","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Planning Drastic Cuts to Essential SBA Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-620x414.jpg\" alt=\"2025 SBA budget cuts Trump\" class=\"wp-image-49349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts-740x494.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-administration-sba-cuts.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, the proposal from the <strong>Trump administration <\/strong>eliminates <strong>SBA funding<\/strong> for almost all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/tariff-damage-to-franchises-small-businesses\">entrepreneurial development programs<\/a>. Including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women\u2019s Business Centers (<em>WBCs<\/em>) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SCORE <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The State Trade Expansion Program (<em>STEP<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veterans Business Outreach Centers (<em>VBOCs<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read what Senator Markey wrote in a Press Release on this issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Trump Administration Planning Drastic SBA Cuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbc.senate.gov\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Senate Committee <\/a>on Small Business and Entrepreneurship&#8217;s Ranking Member Edward J. Markey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>President Trump\u2019s budget proposal starves the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/sba-employees-fired\">Small Business Administration<\/a> with a draconian 33 percent cut to resources that support our nation\u2019s 34 million small businesses. It eliminates longstanding successful bipartisan programs, such as SCORE mentoring services, and shutters more than 150 Women\u2019s Business Centers that support women entrepreneurs. It eliminates the State Trade Expansion Program that helps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/small-business-ideas\">small businesses <\/a>stay competitive and sell their goods abroad, and axes programs that foster our innovation and technology sectors. SBA\u2019s veteran outreach programs, which helped 58,000 former members of the military use their skills to start new enterprises last year, would be cut by 46 percent<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senator continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The President\u2019s budget provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/big-beautiful-bill-franchisees\">no relief for small businesses<\/a> already feeling the pain from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/trump-like-franchisor-behavior\">Trump\u2019s misguided tariff policies<\/a>. After Trump, Elon Musk, and SBA Administrator Loeffler hit small businesses with cuts, chaos, and corruption during the Administration\u2019s first 100 days, the last thing small business owners need now is more pain on Main Street. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/problem-solvers-caucus-american-franchise-act\">Congress must act<\/a> and reject Trump\u2019s budget proposal<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s right. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/sba-preferred-lenders\">SBA loan lenders <\/a>are going to start feeling the effects of the Trump regime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, here&#8217;s more on the chaos and potential corruption&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJDGZjCPlKP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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