The Best Part of Trump’s Speech Was the List of Spending Cuts
In his speech to both chambers of Congress tonight, President Donald Trump rattled off a list of specious grants allegedly uncovered by his newfound Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“Twenty-two billion dollars from [the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)] to provide free housing and cars to illegal aliens,” said Trump from the podium tonight, apparently referencing multiple years of spending by HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, as detailed in a recent report from OpenTheBooks.
The president also listed a number of other dubious foreign aid grants, including $45 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion scholarships in Burma, $8 million for LGBTQI programs in Lesotho (“which no one has ever heard of”), and $40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants (a grant Trump has repeatedly referenced in past remarks).
In those brief, fleeting moments, Trump’s speech amounted to the most libertarian (not) State of the Union address one could hope for: a president just rattling off wasteful spending to
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