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tl;dr: The numbers in this meme are way off.
The total proposed budget is around $7T. If we assume the numbers in the meme are just discretionary spending, and not mandatory spending on things like medicare and social security, then the total in the meme is off by less than a trillion, but the mix of discretionary spending between defense and non-defense spending is pretty close to a 50-50 split, unlike this meme depicts.
Here’s a link to the proposed budget so you can see for yourself if you’re interested.