Summary

Trump is abandoning his campaign promise to “end inflation,” instead focusing on government “waste” and blaming so-called “undeserving” Americans—particularly federal workers and welfare recipients—for economic problems.

His administration and the GOP-led Congress are pushing deep cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and housing aid while increasing military and border spending.

Musk and Trump have already cut thousands of federal jobs, and the House passed a Trump-backed budget with $800 billion in Medicaid cuts.

Policies like Project 2025 and the House GOP’s Fiscal Sanity to Save America justify these cuts under the guise of eliminating “waste,” despite little evidence of fraud. This tactic, like Reagan’s “welfare queen” trope, fuels division to distract from policies that harm working Americans.