The administration of Donald Trump has terminated its directive that paralyzed the disbursements in loans, subsidies and financial assistance of the federal government, mostly dedicated to social programs, one day after its entry into force was suspended by a judge. “The M-25-13 memorandum of the OMB is terminated [Oficina de Gestión y Presupuesto]”, Says the new instruction of Matthew Vaeth, in functions of that budget office attached to the White House. VAETH also signed the first document. “If you have any questions about the application of the president’s executive orders, contact the general council of your agency,” he adds.
Policy change occurs after 48 chaotic hours for the White House, since local states and governments had expressed concern about the possibility that the financing of healthcare, help in case of catastrophe and spending on Infrastructure will be interrupted or delayed during the broad deployment of politics.
“In the light of the court order, the OMB has terminated the memorandum to end any confusion about the federal policy created by the judicial ruling and the dishonest coverage of the media,” said the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt. “The executive orders issued by the President on the financing reviews remain fully in force and will be rigorously applied by all agencies and departments,” he added, in reference to the president’s decrees. However, these decrees cannot immediately paralyze disbursements, on which the order dealt with.
“This action should effectively end the judicial process and allow the government to focus on enforcing the president’s orders on the control of federal expenditure. In the coming weeks and months, more executive measures will continue to end the atrocious waste of federal funds, ”Leavitt added in his statement.
Washington Federal Judge Loren Alikhanen had temporarily blocked the application by the Trump administration of that instruction of the White House Budget office to stop the payments of federal subsidies, loans and other aid to a series of programs throughout the country . The measure had caused great confusion.
Trump has defended the initial instruction and has also blamed the media of the chaos caused by the White House. “As stated explicitly, this in no way affects Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or other rights that Americans depend,” he said.
The president has affirmed that he wants to “correct any confusion that the media have created on purpose and in some way, for whatever reason.” “We are simply examining parts of the great bureaucracy in which there has been a tremendous waste, fraud and abuse. In that process, we identify and prevent 50 million dollars from being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas. And do you know what happened to them? They have used them as a method to manufacture pumps. What do you think? ”He said despite affirming that shipping had stopped.
“We also block $ 45 million for diversity scholarships in Burma. 45 That is a lot of money for diversity scholarships in Burma. You can imagine where that money was, ”said the president. “These were the types of payments, and many others. It could be here all day telling them things we have found, and we have to find them quickly, because we want money to flow to the right places, but these were the payments and types of payments affected by temporal freezing, and the American people firmly support These efforts. I talked about it during the campaign, and voted in record figures. Now we are putting the United States first and struggling to get the most out of each dollar of taxes for our big citizens, ”he concluded.
The initial memorandum was scheduled to enter into force on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. in Washington, 23.00 in peninsular Spain, but the judge previously suspended its application. The appeal of the National Council of Non -profit Organizations claimed that even a temporary interruption of financing could “immediately deprive people and communities of the services that save their lives”, including health care, support for small businesses and programs for the LGTBQ community.
Even before the entry into force, the order plunged state and federal agencies in chaos. The Medicaid financing portal, the public health insurance system for more needy people, was blocked and there were also problems with emergency help and education and nutrition services for low -income people.