The explosive Trump administration order that froze trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans this week was published without vetting by key officials in the White House, according to three people with knowledge of what happened.
The order was drafted inside the Office of Management and Budget by the agency’s general counsel, Mark Paoletta, two of the people said. And it was released without being shown to the White House staff secretary, Will Scharf, or to Mr. Trump’s top policy adviser, Stephen Miller. (Jonathan Swan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs in the NYTimes)
After a Federal judge blocked the order, Trump "rescinded" the piece of paper but not -- as we understand it -- the underlying order, which led the judge to keep his block order in effect.
Trump and his people are hell-bent to destroy anything that looks "woke," meaning any Federal policy that tries to help, mend, heal without regard to skin color or wealth. They stepped on their weenie, and apparently it hurt. Won't be the last time.
Meanwhile, so many others are cringing at the cruelty of it -- which is exactly what Trump wanted.
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