(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump sent a memo to all federal agency heads Tuesday directing them to release all details related to the cut grants, contracts and other federal spending deemed “wasteful.”
Trump sent the “radical transparency about wasteful spending” memo to federal agency heads, the latest in his and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk’s war on federal waste.
Musk has encountered opposition and lawsuits from federal workers and Democrats, so this order could beef up his efforts for transparency as he roots through federal records and archives and seeks more details about cut programs.
“The United States Government spends too much money on programs, contracts, and grants that do not promote the interests of the American people,” Trump’s order said. “For too long, taxpayers have subsidized ideological projects overseas and domestic organizations engaged in actions that undermine the national interest.”
The order instructs federal agencies to make public the details of canceled contracts, grants and other federal spending. The order does tell agencies to abide by federal laws and to do so as they “deem appropriate to promote the policies of my Administration.”
Trump’s executive order Tuesday comes the same day that DOGE touted cutting $55 billion in federal spending. On top of that, a federal judge Tuesday ruled against a Democrat-led effort to get a temporary restraining order against Musk as he looks for more cuts.
That ruling, though, suggested Musk’s authority could be questioned on legal grounds, suggesting more legal battles for Musk and Trump down the road.
“The American people have seen their tax dollars used to fund the passion projects of unelected bureaucrats rather than to advance the national interest,” Trump’s order said. “The American people have a right to see how the Federal Government has wasted their hard-earned wages.”
“Musk has encountered opposition and lawsuits from federal workers (union) and Democrats,”
” federal judge Tuesday ruled against a Democrat-led effort to get a temporary restraining order against Musk as he looks for more cuts.”
Hummm……. I wonder why the corrupt, lying Democrats are so afraid of the Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk’s war on federal waste.
A lot of critters (rats, worms, snakes, leftists) don’t care to be exposed to the light of day.
LIKE all criminals, THEY FEAR THE LIGHT Of the truth shining on their antics.
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What are the the Radical Leftists afraid of ?!? No wonder they did all they could to keep Pres Trump from getting re-elected !!
And i thank god, it didn’t work this time… unlike how they ousted him in 2020.
The two biggest issues here, as I see it, are the unelected bureaucracy and all the men & women in black.
Congress has a golden opportunity here to fix the system, simply by rewriting the judiciary act — end “forum shopping”, nationwide injunctions, etc. Unless, or until we get a handle on both these issues, our country is doomed.
Can they do it? Will they do it? Lord only knows.