Summary

The Trump administration’s aggressive cost-cutting efforts are hitting red states hard.

Cuts to Medicaid, NIH research funding, and foreign aid programs disproportionately impact rural areas and pro-Trump regions reliant on these resources.

GOP lawmakers, including Senators Katie Britt and Bill Cassidy, have voiced concerns over funding losses that could hurt jobs and healthcare access.

Meanwhile, Trump’s appointment of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary signals a shift in health policy, potentially exacerbating public health risks in conservative-leaning communities.