PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY OF THE WEEK: Trump Orders Federal Funding Cut from All "Anarchist Cities"

 

I forgot to post on this the other day. I have been so busy. Sometimes when I deem a story to be truly important, I set it aside for later in the day. In this case, I became overwhelmed with other events, and I forgot.

The reason this event seems so important to me is, it reminds me of the kinds of things that went on in the leadup to the Civil War.

I do not mean to equate Trump to Lincoln, or the Democrats of our time to the Democrats of that time. I only mean to say, there is a divide going on. And ever more, it is being expressed in legal actions taken, or legal actions not taken.

An example of a legal action not taken is, the failure of Democratic Mayors, Governors, and Police to do their job to protect their citizens. 

An example of a Legal action taken is exactly this story:

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The North did not subsidize the Rebel South during the last Civil War.

Why are we forced to pay money to jurisdictions in a state of insurrection?

President Trump is ordering the federal government to begin the process of defunding New York City and three other cities where officials allowed "lawless" protests and cut police budgets amid rising violent crime, The Post can exclusively reveal.

Trump on Wednesday signed a five-page memo ordering all federal agencies to send reports to the White House Office of Management and Budget that detail funds that can be redirected.

New York City, Washington, DC, Seattle and Portland are initial targets as Trump makes "aw and order" a centerpiece of his reelection campaign after months of unrest and violence following the May killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police.

"My Administration will not allow Federal tax dollars to fund cities that allow themselves to deteriorate into lawless zones," Trump says in the memo, which twice mentions New York Mayor Bill de Blasio by name.

"To ensure that Federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates our Government's promise to protect life, liberty, and property, it is imperative that the Federal Government review the use of Federal funds by jurisdictions that permit anarchy, violence, and destruction in America's cities."

To prove that New York is not a lawless state, Governor Nipple-Clamps Cuomo did the expected, prudent thing: He threatened the president's life, and/or said that New York was so lawless that the savages living there would kill Trump if he visited.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trump's safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from "lawless" cities including New York.

Cuomo called an emergency press briefing within a half hour on Wednesday night to tear into Trump for the order, which cites New York�s rising murder rate and defunding of the NYPD.

"He better have an army if he thinks he�s gonna walk down the street in New York. New Yorkers don't want to have anything to do with him," the Democrat said, all but threatening the commander in chief.

But Cuomo, who like Trump hails from Queens, wasn�t done. "He can't have enough bodyguards to walk through New York City, people don�t want to have anything to do with him."

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