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Wed Jan 29, 2025, 02:13 PM Jan 29

Trump rescinds funding freeze memo after chaos, confusion

The White House sparked a national controversy when it ordered a freeze on federal grants. Under pressure, Team Trump rescinded its scandalous memo.
https://bsky.app/profile/msnbc.com/post/3lgvkv265z225



https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-rescinds-federal-funding-freeze-memo-chaos-confusion-rcna189851

Some political observers argue that Donald Trump and his team are simply impervious to pressure. No matter how great the outrage, the argument goes, the president and his Republican operation will ignore criticisms, rewrite history, deliver marching orders, and refuse to back down.

This observation is mistaken. Indeed, several examples have emerged since the president’s second inaugural.

Take, for example, the White House’s budget office ordered a freeze to federal grants, loans and related assistance — money that Congress has already appropriated — effectively trying to shift the power of the purpose to the Trump administration. The OMB memo sparked widespread confusion, chaos and controversy.

And it’s against this backdrop that the White House rescinded the memo on Wednesday.




.....The criticisms are more than fair. White House officials have been planning for this moment for months. They had every opportunity to carefully and deliberately flesh out a policy, prepare for its unveiling, and implement it effectively. Instead, Team Trump issued a terribly written OMB memo, generated chaos and confusion, spent a day pretending it was sound, only to retreat under pressure that officials should've seen coming......

With this in mind, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a celebratory statement — “Americans fought back, and Donald Trump backed off,” the New York Democrat wrote — warning of a second round to the broader fight.

“Though the Trump administration failed in this tactic, it’s no secret that they will try to find another, and when they do, it will again be Senate Democrats there to call it out, fight back, and defend American families,” Schumer concluded.
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Trump rescinds funding freeze memo after chaos, confusion (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 29 OP
Except the freeze is still on, they just rescinded the memo obamanut2012 Jan 29 #1
The courts are checking on whether the executive order being litigated is in effect LetMyPeopleVote Jan 29 #6
Run of the mill mediocre Republican bullshit BOSSHOG Jan 29 #2
It's beyond me, how they can convince their cult that the Government is untrustworthy... Omnipresent Jan 29 #4
Dumbasses don't know WTF they're doing Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 29 #3
Whack-A-Fool lame54 Jan 29 #5

LetMyPeopleVote

(158,577 posts)
6. The courts are checking on whether the executive order being litigated is in effect
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:59 PM
Jan 29

The various plaintiffs are checking on the status of the executive order and will not accept the statements of TFG's brain dead press secretary




BOSSHOG

(41,125 posts)
2. Run of the mill mediocre Republican bullshit
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 02:15 PM
Jan 29

They do not know how to govern, lead or manage money. They are a bonafide crime family with a bonafide Don.

Omnipresent

(6,683 posts)
4. It's beyond me, how they can convince their cult that the Government is untrustworthy...
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 02:45 PM
Jan 29

Only if it is held by Democrats.

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