Home United States USA — mix Trump openly threatens to use shutdown to target Democrats for cuts

Trump openly threatens to use shutdown to target Democrats for cuts

62
0
SHARE

The White House also said the prospect of mass firings of federal workers was « very real. »
President Donald Trump on Thursday openly threatened to use the government shutdown to cut federal funding to Democratic-run states and cities, contradicting Vice President JD Vance who said the day before the White House would not be targeting Democrats.
Trump was expected to meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on Thursday to discuss the cuts and made it clear in a social media post and in recent interviews that he is targeting « Democratic Agencies. »
In his post, the president referred to Vought’s co-authoring Project 2025, the controversial conservative playbook that outlined ways the federal government could dismantle several federal agencies and privatize others.
« I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent », the president wrote on social media.
He called the shutdown an « unprecedented opportunity » to make cuts after earlier saying he could save billions by clearing out « dead wood.

Continue reading...