It's just an excuse for his baser feelings and fears to come out. And Trump plays these guys like a fiddle.
Trump is delivering for the Chinese Communist Party again. ‘How gratifying’: Cheers in China as Trump dismantles Voice of America https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/china/china-cheers-trump-cut-voice-of-america-intl-hnk/index.html
We don't want kids reading any books or learning things at museums. Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency https://theconversation.com/trump-a...by-shuttering-this-little-known-agency-252455
You know the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma which includes the Storm Prediction Center which issues severe weather forecasts across the nation and identifies threat zones where dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes could move through days in advance -- saving many lives across the U.S. Well it's on the chopping block and DOGE closing the building. A building containing all sorts of specialized equipment for weather prediction. The Trump administration plans to privatize all weather forecasting and make people pay hefty money for it. Imagine your local news without weather information. Naturally the firms that do private weather forecasting for crops, trading markets and other entities were sizeable donors to the Trump campaign -- they have been urging the elimination of public weather resources for years. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center facility among planned DOGE cuts https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/noa...facility-planned-doge-cuts/story?id=119882272
So much for supporting businesses in America. Small Business Administration cutting 43% of staff in latest move to downsize executive branch https://www.cbsnews.com/news/small-business-administration-40-percent-staff-cuts/
Thanks to Trump -- commercial fishing is in complete chaos. There is no closing and opening of seasons and no catch limits. How Trump’s regulatory freeze is disrupting the US fishing industry From the Atlantic to Alaska, fishermen say overfishing and fleet delays are shaking up a $320 billion industry. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ho...is-disrupting-us-fishing-industry-2025-03-23/ It's sort of like this but on a huge commercial scale...
If you live in the U.S. and want to do something good for your community -- now is a good time to donate to your local food bank. Many food banks are struggling due to cutbacks in federal funding. Food banks provide an important service to communities -- distributing food to those in need. Trump cuts hit struggling food banks, risking hunger for low-income Americans https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...sking-hunger-low-income-americans-2025-03-25/
It's not about policy. It's all about punishing the blue states and rewarding the red states. Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states The cuts, if carried through, would politicize the federal funds that Congress and the Biden administration awarded to seven regional applicants as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/energy-department-hydrogen-projects-blue-states-00249589