The Trump administration causes even more chaos
The Trump administration causes even more chaos
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The White House rescinding its memo does little to clarify a mess. After the Trump administration sowed utter chaos Monday evening when it suddenly announced a freeze on federal loans and grants, it finally relented and rescinded the directive on Wednesday.
The big backtrack came after the Office of Management and Budget put out an order to restrict spending, saying it was intended to halt “financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology and the Green New Deal.”.
That caused utter confusion, with various bureaucracies not sure if they would receive any federal dollars, and snarling publicly funded services like Meals on Wheels and multiple legal contracts. The move seemed to finally wake Democrats up out of the catatonic state created by their November loss before a federal judge temporarily blocked the order.
That caused Democrats to celebrate, a bit. Washington Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she would take the victory for now. “I think they are continuing to create chaos,” she told The Independent. “I will take it as a victory for now that they listen to the American people, but it is very clear that they intend to keep going.”.
Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, one of the president’s biggest supporters, told The Independent that he was okay with the walk back. “There were some things that they felt like they needed to explain a little bit more,” he said. The former Auburn University football coach said it was totally appropriate for the Trump team to run it back.
