These new initiatives are not about shrinking the size of the federal government. They’re about centralizing control in Trump’s handsChaos on a huge scale.On Wednesday, Trump rescinded an order he had made late on Monday night that froze up to $3tn in federal grants and loans.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...
The main idea of Robert Reich's article is that Donald Trump's actions of freezing and then unfreezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans were not about responsible governance, but about consolidating power and control in his own hands.
Reich argues that Trump's actions, which caused widespread confusion and disruption, demonstrate a desire to centralize decision-making authority and potentially manipulate federal funding for political purposes. The swift legal challenges and condemnation from Democratic attorneys general highlight the serious implications of Trump's power grab and the potential threat it poses to democratic institutions.
The main idea of Robert Reich's article is that Donald Trump's actions of freezing and then unfreezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans were not about responsible governance, but about consolidating power and control in his own hands. Reich argues that Trump's actions, which caused widespread confusion and disruption, demonstrate a desire to centralize decision-making authority and potentially manipulate federal funding for political purposes. The swift legal challenges and condemnation from Democratic attorneys general highlight the serious implications of Trump's power grab and the potential threat it poses to democratic institutions.