Trump Is Completely Shocking Washington By Doing Things No President Has Ever Done Before

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by Michael Snyder, End Of The American Dream:

The chaos that we are witnessing in Washington D.C. right now is absolutely breathtaking.  The U.S. possesses the largest and most bloated bureaucracy in the entire history of the planet, and now it is has been thrown into a state of turmoil as Donald Trump and his team fire political appointees, freeze spending, and figuratively turn over the tables in agency after agency.  Overall, there are more than 3 million federal employees in the United States.  Many of them find themselves in shock as the harsh reality of what is happening to them starts setting in.

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Let me give you an example of what I am talking about.  A “current employee at the Office of Personnel Management” says that Trump has initiated a “hostile takeover of the federal civil service”.  This is the message that this anonymous employee posted on Twitter

In other words, Trump and his team have literally taken control of the infrastructure that oversees all federal personnel decisions.

We have never seen anything quite like this before.

When Trump started his first term, he tried to play along with the establishment.

This time around, he is doing things much differently.

On Tuesday, the White House announced a “temporary suspension” of most federal grants and loans…

President Donald Trump’s administration has enacted a temporary suspension of all federal grants and loans, effective today, Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

This strategic pause, orchestrated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is designed to facilitate a comprehensive review of federal financial assistance programs, ensuring that taxpayer dollars are utilized efficiently and in accordance with the administration’s objectives.

This initiative reflects President Trump’s unwavering commitment to fiscal responsibility and his dedication to eliminating wasteful spending.

We have never seen an incoming president do anything like this either.

But it makes sense.  Trump and his team want to evaluate where federal money is going so that taxpayer dollars can be deployed as efficiently as possible.

Assistance that goes directly to individuals is not being frozen.  As White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has made quite clear, this temporary freeze does not apply to Social Security, Medicare, or the food stamp program…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the pause wouldn’t cover Social Security and Medicare benefits or food stamps – assistance that is going directly to individuals.

“This is not a blanket pause on federal assistance and grant programs from the Trump administration,” Leavitt said. “However, it is the responsibility of this president and this administration to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars.”

However, on Tuesday there were reports that Medicaid payment systems were not functioning

Several lawmakers took to social media on Tuesday afternoon to confirm that that their state’s Medicaid payment systems have been shut off.

“Can confirm. Connecticut’s Medicaid payment system has been turned off. Doctors and hospitals cannot get paid,” wrote Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut in a post on the social media site X. “Discussions ongoing about whether services can continue.”

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said on X that his staff has confirmed that Medicaid portals in all 50 states are down due to the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze.

The Trump administration says that it is aware of this issue and insists that any Medicaid payments that were temporarily delayed will soon be processed

The White House has said it is ‘aware of the Medicaid website portal outage’ but insisted no payments had been denied and were instead just delayed in being processed.

But state and federal officials say the issue is already impacting providers across the country and worrying millions of people who rely on Medicaid for everything from prescription medicines and preventive screening to unexpected hospital stays and checkups.

Needless to say, once Trump’s funding freeze was unveiled, liberal organizations that rely on federal funding went absolutely ballistic.

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