Donald Trump tries to shut off everything including Medicaid, courts shut him down, everything’s in chaos
I’ve long said that Donald Trump is defined by equal parts evil and incompetence, and today has demonstrated this in a nutshell. He and his regime unilaterally cut off nearly all government funding for assistance programs. This included the shutdown of the Medicaid website, which sparked widespread outrage. And by the end of the day the courts had intervened and overturned the whole thing.
Where to even start with what a bizarre mess this is? Trump and his extremist advisers are clearly looking to screw over vulnerable people financially, so that all the money can be funneled to the wealthy. But the point of this is to do it in such a way that the low income MAGA losers are still cheering Trump on by the end of it. Going after their Medicaid is about the stupidest political strategy possible for Trump.
It’s also pretty stupid to make this kind of sweeping move if it’s just going to be overturned in court. Today’s events have managed to make Trump look evil and inept, which is a bad combination for any politician.
