Federal government drives Trump’s chaos

In a chaotic world, our federal government normally acts as a stabilizing force. Under Trump, it’s driving chaos.

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada, two of America’s largest trading partners have been on and then off, then on and then off. The administration put 80 million square feet of real estate up for sale, only to then take the “for sale” sign down. Federal employees at the CDC, the FDA, the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Agriculture Department have be fired then re-hired.

Trump touted the use of military aircraft to carry out high-profile deportations, only to suspend the flights after finally realizing what Democrats said was true—it would be too costly and inefficient. He promised not to cut Medicaid, then backed a House Republican budget plan that could force exactly that in order to meet its proposed spending cuts.

Tell me, how do you balance the federal budget while endorsing trillions of dollars in tax cuts, plus new campaign promises for no tax on tips and overtime as he has vowed to do?

We daily saw chaos during his first term and now we’re seeing it again as stocks fall, jobs are cut, and hospitals along with nursing homes are in danger of being closed. Egg prices continue to rise accompanied by an increase in most of what we buy with no solutions in sight from the president or our Republican controlled Congress.

As we saw the first time around, chaos seems to be the point.

Peggy Perkins

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