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‘Government is serving one man’s ego’: Analyst slams Trump for cutting funding for blue states
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While President Trump claimed on the campaign trail in 2024 he had no idea what was in Project 2025, the controversial conservative plan to reshape government, he’s been full of praise of one of the plan’s authors, OMB Director Russel Vought. Former special assistant to President Biden, Meghan Hays, and political commentator Ashley Pratte Oates join Alex Witt to discuss the extent to which Project 2025 has already been implemented and why funding cuts by President Trump on blue states could come back to haunt him in 2026.
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