Trump’s budget reflects his party’s confusion and contempt for governance https://apple.news/A-Q0OORpfRCuJwZ5dR9k47g The problems fall into four main categories: Entitlement cuts that he swore up and down he’d never make; mindless deep cuts to government agencies that do real work and provide important services; defense spending without strategic rationale; and a complete lack of realism, vision and purpose. As a matter of governance, economics and most other objective indicators, it’s a disaster and, to boot, it’s not even good politics. Indeed, he may have given Democrats a k’iller issue for 2020.
“Not long after the news of Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman’s indictment over an Ivy League bribery scam made headlines, Twitter comedians, commentators and trolls came out in droves to roast them. Even the president’s favorite son himself, Donald Trump Jr., decided to get in on the action and take a few shots at the two actresses and “Hollywood” at large. Unsurprisingly, however, his comedic efforts quickly became the subject of intense scrutiny — especially since Trump Jr.’s own college admission process is just as suspect.”
In The New York Times Opinion Section, Op-Ed Columnist Frank Bruni writes: "Anyone who knows anything about the cutthroat competition for precious spots at top-tier schools realizes how ugly and unfair it can be: how many corners are cut, how many schemes are hatched, how big a role money plays, how many advantages privilege can buy."
Trump in 2015: “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid." Trump in 2019: cut $1.5 trillion on Medicaid, $25 billion on Social Security, and $845 billion on Medicare