The wait to see what cuts are coming nextpublished at 16:29 BST
Cai Pigliucci
Reporting from Capitol Hill
The Trump administration has ramped up its messaging and strategy
against Democrats as the shutdown continues.
President Trump posted a Truth
Social this morning saying he will speak to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought “to
determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political
SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary
or permanent”.
On the first day of the shutdown, the White House moved to pause
or cancel billions of dollars in funding meant for blue states, including $18
billion in infrastructure projects in New York – home of both Senator Chuck
Schumer and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
On the Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) government website, a large post on its front page says:
“The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government.”
Before wrapping up his press conference today, Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about all of this.
Johnson said “I think what the HUD website says is the objective truth
that we’re telling you right now… They are the ones who made that
decision”.
But even in Trump’s own party, some lawmakers have come out
against some of these tactics by the administration. Congressman Mike Lawler of
New York, a Republican, released a statement yesterday saying he “strongly
opposes these harmful cuts, which undermine, amongst other things, our
counterterrorism efforts and critical infrastructure projects
in New York.”
We’ll be waiting to see what other cuts are coming after Trump’s
conversation with Russ Vought later today.
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