Trump said it was his "great honor" to fund Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, "which you have been trying to get for 30 years." In fact, Obama always funded the program, and Trump's budget proposes a 90 percent cut. https://t.co/0b2X4upn0V via @YLindaQiu
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) March 29, 2019
Trump just flip-flopped on his own admin's proposed budget again. He said "I'm going to get, in honor of my friends, full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative." His budget had proposed $30 million. https://t.co/51SZR4VSn2
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 29, 2019
1. Every Trump budget proposes steep cuts to Great Lakes restoration
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019
2. Congress ignores him every year, fully funds it
3. Trump goes to Michigan and brags he's fully funding Great Lakes restoration, "which you have been trying to get for over 30 years" https://t.co/cPcGHVMLHq
Donald Trump just went on a very weird rant about the Great Lakes https://t.co/JOtMYMCAva pic.twitter.com/luQlRe73Ty
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 29, 2019
Great Lakes/Special Olympics funding are latest variants of Trump's signature move (https://t.co/bShaIUEhpo):
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) March 29, 2019
1. Create crisis over distorted version of status quo.
2. Restore status quo.
3. Take credit for status quo.
Trump gets fact-checked by Lake Superior on Twitter after saying Great Lakes have "record deepness" https://t.co/vVQh2h8fT3 pic.twitter.com/2JJO8owG9U
— The Hill (@thehill) March 29, 2019
Trump’s budget strategy is to cut or eliminate a bunch of important programs and then triumphantly restore whichever ones cause the most controversy.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 29, 2019
A true hero. https://t.co/1qGCQS22wG
Last night, Trump proudly said he was funding Great Lakes restoration. In fact, his budget this year would cut the program 90%, after he proposed to completely eliminate the program in 2017 and 2018
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) March 29, 2019
Flashback to how this was covered in 2017. #FactsMatter https://t.co/vek4FEGO8F
Sad! 