While the government cuts Medicaid for 12 million people, it’s apparently flush with cash for the important stuff: $1.8 billion in taxpayer money to compensate Trump’s MAGA allies who claim Biden’s DOJ wrongfully targeted them. Mike Lindell gets a check. Enrique Tarrio, former Proud Boys leader, gets a check. Pardoned January 6 rioters, a check. The kid who needs their insulin stays screwed.
There’s also a White House ballroom in there — $220 million buried in the same reconciliation bill that stripped SNAP to the bones. A room for parties, a room for dancing. The Senate parliamentarian blocked that piece, but Trump will find another pocket for it. He always does.
The people who voted for this because they hated “the elites” just handed a $1.8 billion thank-you note to Mike Lindell and a construction crew to build their guy a ballroom. The elites they wanted to stick it to are fine. Everyone else is doing the math on their Medicaid.