I guess he thinks they’re mostly Democrats. Trump only cares about his base. He has no interest in being the president of the entire country. Budget restraints are partially caused by his tax cuts which reduced revenue.
Trump signed an executive order Friday eliminating a 2.1% pay raise for federal workers due to take effect in January, writing in August that "federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases." https://t.co/rV6d7r1iFY
— Axios (@axios) December 29, 2018
NEWS: President Trump says he's eliminating a pay raise for civilian federal employees slated for 2019 in order to "put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course." pic.twitter.com/7wNAgoMdKX
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 30, 2018
Trump has told Congress that he is canceling a pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive in January, and he's citing budgetary constraints: https://t.co/0Ha88hIRpS
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 30, 2018
“Let them eat wall” https://t.co/Osnlls9GvY
— Mark Copelovitch (@mcopelov) December 29, 2018
Trump has the gall to say he’s stiffing the entire civilian federal workforce – 30% of whom are veterans – on their scheduled pay raise to put the country on “a sound fiscal footing” as he creates historic deficits by blowing trillions on a tax cut that will mostly go to the rich https://t.co/KhWhV62nNv
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) December 29, 2018
I assume there’ll be a move to overturn this in Congress by adding the pay raise to the CR Congress has to pass before Sep. 30. Great issue for Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) to take lead on. And in Senate, a tough vote for Ted Cruz (lots of civilian federal workers in TX). https://t.co/7wOgDURNCi
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 30, 2018
Sad! 