Trump White House orders federal aid freeze, triggering row

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities," Vaeth said.
57% : "Federal spending included more than $3 trillion in financial assistance like grants and loans in fiscal year 2024.
42% : Trump won the presidency in part on promises to dismantle large sections of the US government and to slash spending.
33% : The order from the White House budget office, issued a week after Trump began his second term, threatens to disrupt hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for everything from local governments to education and small business loans.
28% : ""The law is the law -- Trump must immediately reverse course, follow the requirements of the law, & ensure the nation's spending laws are implemented as Congress intended," she posted on X.Another senator, Richard Blumenthal, said the "illegal" order will create "havoc" in medical and research facilities, which receive major government funding.
14% : Democrats immediately accused Trump of a power grab and of putting swaths of the country, which is reliant on federal funds, at risk.- 'Political vandalism?' -Senator Patty Murray called the order "a brazen & illegal move.

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