First decline for Donald Trump. The White House budget office canceled, Wednesday, January 29, a decree freeing federal subsidies, according to a copy of a new note obtained by the Washington Postafter the administration’s decision to stop spending earlier this week caused a violent reaction. The Budget Office attached to the American Executive has sent all the ministries and all federal agencies a message indicating that this measure was abandoned, reproduced among others by CNN and the Washington Post.
The starting point is a memo published late Monday evening by the White House, asking the ministries and federal agencies to freeze part of the expenses “assistance” – subsidies and allowances in particular – and to make it an overall review In order to ensure their compliance with “presidential priorities”. This potentially concerned hundreds, even thousands of billions of dollars irrigating the whole country.
The spokesperson for the White House Karoline Leavitt assured that the president’s initial project, namely to interrupt the funding that does not respond to his priorities, remained “completely in force”. She indicated that the reverse on the instructions given on Monday by the budget office aimed to “put an end to any confusion” born from a decision taken Tuesday by a federal judge.
The democratic opposition immediately seized these multiple twists and turns. “The incompetence in full light,” denounced the elected Democrat Jasmine Crockett on X, adding: “It is only nine days in power for this idiot who has already held the post for four years and who still has no idea of the way in which the government, the law or the constitution operate. “
A shield raising
The measure on public aid was thus suspended on Tuesday by a federal judge. The powerful Democrats States of New York and California also launched on Tuesday a judicial sling against the freezing of public aids, thus joining several NGOs and groups of small businesses which have also filed an appeal.
Born in New York, the 47th President of the United States maintains difficult relations with the local authorities of this State such as those of California, rich and powerful democrats honored by the president’s republican camp. The 78 -year -old billionaire has promised to cut in expenses, and asked Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to make recommendations to him.
The ex-real estate-magnat wanted to tackle expenses related to assistance programs and support activities, for which each agency must carry out “a complete analysis in order to identify the projects, programs and activities that would be in Contradiction with the presidential decrees “published since the entry into office of Donald Trump on January 20. On the other hand, this does not concern funds paid to Americans via the retirement system or Medicare, health insurance reserved for seniors.