Damian Paletta

There's a $10 trillion budget. $3 trillion of the 10 is used on woke stuff and this and that, financial assistance. And so we're going to freeze it, and it's going to be frozen effective tomorrow at 5 o'clock. The only thing they really said, the only exemptions that they offered in this memo, deep in the footnotes, were Social Security and Medicare.

There's a $10 trillion budget. $3 trillion of the 10 is used on woke stuff and this and that, financial assistance. And so we're going to freeze it, and it's going to be frozen effective tomorrow at 5 o'clock. The only thing they really said, the only exemptions that they offered in this memo, deep in the footnotes, were Social Security and Medicare.

There's a $10 trillion budget. $3 trillion of the 10 is used on woke stuff and this and that, financial assistance. And so we're going to freeze it, and it's going to be frozen effective tomorrow at 5 o'clock. The only thing they really said, the only exemptions that they offered in this memo, deep in the footnotes, were Social Security and Medicare.

And so for a lot of us who follow the budget closely, that said everything else was fair game. And so what happens after this memo goes out? Well, I mean, Head Start programs that get money for, you know, the children, community centers, states felt like their money was going to get frozen. And then so the memo went out on Monday.

And so for a lot of us who follow the budget closely, that said everything else was fair game. And so what happens after this memo goes out? Well, I mean, Head Start programs that get money for, you know, the children, community centers, states felt like their money was going to get frozen. And then so the memo went out on Monday.

And so for a lot of us who follow the budget closely, that said everything else was fair game. And so what happens after this memo goes out? Well, I mean, Head Start programs that get money for, you know, the children, community centers, states felt like their money was going to get frozen. And then so the memo went out on Monday.

By Tuesday, it appeared that the Medicaid system in this country had completely frozen up and seized up. And so the system that paying the hospitals, paying the health care providers for all those people completely seized. I've never seen anything like that before. That happened less than 24 hours after this memo went out. There was a ton of questions.

By Tuesday, it appeared that the Medicaid system in this country had completely frozen up and seized up. And so the system that paying the hospitals, paying the health care providers for all those people completely seized. I've never seen anything like that before. That happened less than 24 hours after this memo went out. There was a ton of questions.

By Tuesday, it appeared that the Medicaid system in this country had completely frozen up and seized up. And so the system that paying the hospitals, paying the health care providers for all those people completely seized. I've never seen anything like that before. That happened less than 24 hours after this memo went out. There was a ton of questions.

The White House couldn't answer the questions. And so they had to put out another memo on Tuesday, essentially blaming the media for the confusion and offering a few clarifications, essentially saying this would not apply to Medicaid and it would not apply to food stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs.

The White House couldn't answer the questions. And so they had to put out another memo on Tuesday, essentially blaming the media for the confusion and offering a few clarifications, essentially saying this would not apply to Medicaid and it would not apply to food stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs.

The White House couldn't answer the questions. And so they had to put out another memo on Tuesday, essentially blaming the media for the confusion and offering a few clarifications, essentially saying this would not apply to Medicaid and it would not apply to food stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs.

Yeah, this is kind of a tale of three memos. The Monday memo that didn't make a ton of sense. The Tuesday memo, which tried to walk a little bit back. And then there's the Wednesday memo that said, we rescind the Monday memo. Let's just pretend this never happened. And then Caroline Leavitt tweets out, well, we're not actually rescinding it. We're just doing something else.

Yeah, this is kind of a tale of three memos. The Monday memo that didn't make a ton of sense. The Tuesday memo, which tried to walk a little bit back. And then there's the Wednesday memo that said, we rescind the Monday memo. Let's just pretend this never happened. And then Caroline Leavitt tweets out, well, we're not actually rescinding it. We're just doing something else.

Yeah, this is kind of a tale of three memos. The Monday memo that didn't make a ton of sense. The Tuesday memo, which tried to walk a little bit back. And then there's the Wednesday memo that said, we rescind the Monday memo. Let's just pretend this never happened. And then Caroline Leavitt tweets out, well, we're not actually rescinding it. We're just doing something else.

And the judge saw the tweet and said, wait a second. We're still going to have a hearing on this. So I think, you know, this is a great example of the... Trump administration kind of coming out guns blazing, you know, following this Silicon Valley ethos of move fast and break things. And it shows it doesn't quite work that way in Washington.

And the judge saw the tweet and said, wait a second. We're still going to have a hearing on this. So I think, you know, this is a great example of the... Trump administration kind of coming out guns blazing, you know, following this Silicon Valley ethos of move fast and break things. And it shows it doesn't quite work that way in Washington.

And the judge saw the tweet and said, wait a second. We're still going to have a hearing on this. So I think, you know, this is a great example of the... Trump administration kind of coming out guns blazing, you know, following this Silicon Valley ethos of move fast and break things. And it shows it doesn't quite work that way in Washington.

I mean, obviously, the Trump administration, Elon Musk, everyone wants to change the way Washington works. And there's a lot of bipartisan support for attacking the budget and attacking government spending in a much different way.

I mean, obviously, the Trump administration, Elon Musk, everyone wants to change the way Washington works. And there's a lot of bipartisan support for attacking the budget and attacking government spending in a much different way.