Mona Charen

But Medicaid, 20% of the country, every Meals on Wheels program, every Head Start program, there are a million things that actually will touch people's lives. Now, we don't know how long this freeze is going to go on, but it could be that all of this disruption is going to be perceived as not, you know, the dawn of a golden age, but chaos.

But Medicaid, 20% of the country, every Meals on Wheels program, every Head Start program, there are a million things that actually will touch people's lives. Now, we don't know how long this freeze is going to go on, but it could be that all of this disruption is going to be perceived as not, you know, the dawn of a golden age, but chaos.

But Medicaid, 20% of the country, every Meals on Wheels program, every Head Start program, there are a million things that actually will touch people's lives. Now, we don't know how long this freeze is going to go on, but it could be that all of this disruption is going to be perceived as not, you know, the dawn of a golden age, but chaos.

So, you know, remember in the first term we all talked about how Trump had picked a lock in a sense about American politics. He said, you know, what needs to happen to the Republican Party is it needs to stop all this talk about cutting government. People love their government services. Right. And Trump's great insight was, I'm not going to cut anything.

So, you know, remember in the first term we all talked about how Trump had picked a lock in a sense about American politics. He said, you know, what needs to happen to the Republican Party is it needs to stop all this talk about cutting government. People love their government services. Right. And Trump's great insight was, I'm not going to cut anything.

So, you know, remember in the first term we all talked about how Trump had picked a lock in a sense about American politics. He said, you know, what needs to happen to the Republican Party is it needs to stop all this talk about cutting government. People love their government services. Right. And Trump's great insight was, I'm not going to cut anything.

You know, you can vote for me and you won't have to worry about that. I'm not interested in the budget deficit or cutting spending. And sure enough, you know, during the first Trump term, he didn't cut anything and he ballooned the deficit. But now he's brought in these, you know, Project 2025 crew and Russ Bott and all of this, and they are fanatics who want to drastically cut government.

You know, you can vote for me and you won't have to worry about that. I'm not interested in the budget deficit or cutting spending. And sure enough, you know, during the first Trump term, he didn't cut anything and he ballooned the deficit. But now he's brought in these, you know, Project 2025 crew and Russ Bott and all of this, and they are fanatics who want to drastically cut government.

You know, you can vote for me and you won't have to worry about that. I'm not interested in the budget deficit or cutting spending. And sure enough, you know, during the first Trump term, he didn't cut anything and he ballooned the deficit. But now he's brought in these, you know, Project 2025 crew and Russ Bott and all of this, and they are fanatics who want to drastically cut government.

And so there is, I think, going to be a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of a contradiction going on here. You know, the communists used to say we have to maximize the contradictions of capitalism. Well, we're going to see them maximizing the contradictions within Trumpism because part of Trumpism is you'll never have to feel any pain. I will never cut anything you like.

And so there is, I think, going to be a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of a contradiction going on here. You know, the communists used to say we have to maximize the contradictions of capitalism. Well, we're going to see them maximizing the contradictions within Trumpism because part of Trumpism is you'll never have to feel any pain. I will never cut anything you like.

And so there is, I think, going to be a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of a contradiction going on here. You know, the communists used to say we have to maximize the contradictions of capitalism. Well, we're going to see them maximizing the contradictions within Trumpism because part of Trumpism is you'll never have to feel any pain. I will never cut anything you like.

That is coming hard up against this new sweeping, you know, let's go in there and just set the whole thing on fire.

That is coming hard up against this new sweeping, you know, let's go in there and just set the whole thing on fire.

That is coming hard up against this new sweeping, you know, let's go in there and just set the whole thing on fire.

Yeah, 100%. And I would just add that, you know, it is sort of a staple of right wing commentary, you know, to dunk on, you know, bureaucrats. And I mean, even this goes back decades.

Yeah, 100%. And I would just add that, you know, it is sort of a staple of right wing commentary, you know, to dunk on, you know, bureaucrats. And I mean, even this goes back decades.

Yeah, 100%. And I would just add that, you know, it is sort of a staple of right wing commentary, you know, to dunk on, you know, bureaucrats. And I mean, even this goes back decades.

I mean, Reagan used to make jokes about federal bureaucrats, and some of them were pretty funny, you know, like they were saying, there's so many bureaucrats, like a guy is crying at his desk at the Department of Agriculture, and somebody says, what's the matter? And he says, my farmer died. So that was 40 years ago or more.

I mean, Reagan used to make jokes about federal bureaucrats, and some of them were pretty funny, you know, like they were saying, there's so many bureaucrats, like a guy is crying at his desk at the Department of Agriculture, and somebody says, what's the matter? And he says, my farmer died. So that was 40 years ago or more.