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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion. TRILLIONS of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo. - WaPo (archive.ph)

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think this is a mafioso style shakedown. Trump is the don and he's telling the owner of a notable business in the state, Mr. Dems, that a large portion of Mr. Dems' profits need to go to him immediately.

Mr. Dems says "Look, Don Trump, right now I can give you - I don't know the numbers - half of one percent but—"

And Trump says "What? Half of one percent? Listen you worthless fuck. You give me half starting right now or I burn it all down. With you and your family in it."

And - of course - Mr. Dems pays up.

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In real life - I can imagine the dems quickly acquiesce "for the good of the country" to stop the widespread panic and to stop the chaos and they give Trump - I dunno - $300 billion for his racist deportation program. And Chuck Schumer puts up an weirdly oddly upbeat tweet that the dems talked Trump down from a half a trillion so everything isn't a total loss.

[Edit - I used much better numbers.]