*** Breaking *** TSF Rescinds Freeze On Federal Grants and Loans

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Per NYT. He's not ten feet tall!!

[BoRaGard]

1. "Ha ha. Suckers. I was just jerking your chain. Ha ha." - The G.O.P. Felon-in-Chief

[obamanut2012]

2. Stupid and incompetent

I also told my wife the Pharma companies and MIC were probably freaking out, because they get A LOT of stuff from universities. They even have patent farms they fund at some. No way that would stand.

[MineralMan]

3. That's good, for whatever reason he bailed out of it.

It demonstrates that there are limits to his nonsense, and they seem to kick in when public outrage reaches a certain level.

We need to learn from this and ramp up our outrage more often.

[uponit7771]

4. Head fake and distraction also probing hard, MAGA Media narrative is priming people for higher prices

[kerouac2]

5. He will be praised and poll numbers will go way up

Bet on it
See, he really does love us

[Arazi]

6. They haven't gotten Russell Vought over the finish line

He’s the fanatic behind this strategy as outlined in Project 2025 who’s in confirmation hearings right now.

I predict once he’s over the finish line they reimplement the freeze.

He firmly believes the President should have free access to the $$ to do as he wants despite the Impoundment Act. In fact he says he wants to provoke a SCOTUS confrontation

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Trump rescinds funding freeze memo after chaos, confusion

The White House sparked a national controversy when it ordered a freeze on federal grants. Under pressure, Team Trump rescinded its scandalous memo.
https://bsky.app/profile/msnbc.com/post/3lgvkv265z225

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-rescinds-federal-funding-freeze-memo-chaos-confusion-rcna189851

Some political observers argue that Donald Trump and his team are simply impervious to pressure. No matter how great the outrage, the argument goes, the president and his Republican operation will ignore criticisms, rewrite history, deliver marching orders, and refuse to back down.

This observation is mistaken. Indeed, several examples have emerged since the president’s second inaugural.

Take, for example, the White House’s budget office ordered a freeze to federal grants, loans and related assistance — money that Congress has already appropriated — effectively trying to shift the power of the purpose to the Trump administration. The OMB memo sparked widespread confusion, chaos and controversy.

And it’s against this backdrop that the White House rescinded the memo on Wednesday.

Link to tweet

.....The criticisms are more than fair. White House officials have been planning for this moment for months. They had every opportunity to carefully and deliberately flesh out a policy, prepare for its unveiling, and implement it effectively. Instead, Team Trump issued a terribly written OMB memo, generated chaos and confusion, spent a day pretending it was sound, only to retreat under pressure that officials should've seen coming......

With this in mind, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a celebratory statement — “Americans fought back, and Donald Trump backed off,” the New York Democrat wrote — warning of a second round to the broader fight.

“Though the Trump administration failed in this tactic, it’s no secret that they will try to find another, and when they do, it will again be Senate Democrats there to call it out, fight back, and defend American families,” Schumer concluded.