Writing about convicted felon President Trump’s abrupt halt to tens of billions of federal grants and loans, Politico Playbook’s Tuesday morning newsletter of course goes full on with “Trump’s massive power grab,” just utterly awed by how much of a brute force of nature the fat fuck is with flexing his supreme God-like abilities to shape the political conversation and blah blah blah.
A few paragraphs down is when they note that, well, some people might be affected. “How big a political risk is Trump taking? [emphasis Playbook’s] His supporters are already celebrating the imminent spending purge, but over the next few days, we’re going to discover the full range of programs, projects and initiatives whose funds have suddenly been blocked. And given the sweeping scale of the order, it seems unlikely these will all be glowingly liberal, woke-tastic DEI projects in coastal America. This order is going to affect communities the length and breadth of the country. Be careful what you wish for, Mr President.” WHOA! BETTER PUMP THE BRAKES THERE PLAYBOOK, OTHERWISE YOUR GOD MIGHT SMITE YOU WITH A SIMPLE POINTING OF HIS FINGER.
“But let’s also be clear: Amidst the liberal outrage, it’s important to remember that this was all spelled out by Trump long in advance. Throughout the election campaign, he told America repeatedly that he would reshape the federal government, root out (and even prosecute) his enemies, pardon supporters who were convicted of violent crimes, slash government spending programs en masse and ax huge numbers of federal jobs. And then he won 77 million votes to do exactly that. Those accusing Trump of being anti-democratic might note that this is largely democracy in action.” Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh enough… Seriously fuck you, Politico.