Trump's American Carnage agenda
by digby
Just for reference:
And the budget is from the 9th circle of hell.
That's not a populist budget. That's an authoritarian budget. That's what he is. That's all he is.
Let the carnage begin.
Defending the draconian spending cuts in the first Trump budget, the White House's top budget official suggested Thursday that "Meals on Wheels" isn't "showing any results."
I don't know what "results" they expected. But the point of the program was simply to feed poor elderly and disabled people. I guess they feel it's created a "dependency." Or something.
There's more...
The Trump administration proposes deep cuts in job training, affordable housing, environmental protection, medical research, and programs that help the poor and assist those struggling in rural areas.
Forget about all of them.
The increases? Defense spending would skyrocket by $54 billion, that border wall that Trump promised Mexico will pay for would cost Americans $2.6 billion, and a school choice program would invest $1.4 billion of taxpayer money into private schools.
There’s no shortage of irony and outrage to explore here. Or as my Post colleague Drew Harwell tweeted, “Today: Trump proposes massive cuts in medical research and Meals on Wheels. Tomorrow: Trump begins fifth publicly funded trip to Mar-a-Lago.”
We shell out about $3.3 million every time the president gases up Air Force One and heads to Florida for the weekend. That’s an interesting way to spend our money, forgotten ones.
That's right, we're spending millions to ferry that asshole back and forth to Florida every week-end and millions more to keep his super model wife at arms length in his golden tower in New York. But they're going to starve old people and kids. Literally.
I'll say it again. He's Saddam Hussein.
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