President Trump has proposed cutting tens of millions of dollars of funding to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), while privatizing security screenings at smaller airports. Trump’s proposal, detailed in the White House’s 2027 budget proposal, comes as the ongoing partial government shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security is now in its eighth week. The TSA was created in 2001, after private airport security contractors failed to prevent the 9/11 attacks, which saw hijackers carry box cutters, mace and knives through metal detectors.