C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
“Trump’s decision to end billions of dollars in federal grants to a wide variety of state and local nonprofits has crippled the delivery of critical public services in small towns across the country. Some of the hardest hit communities are located in red states like West Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Louisiana, where voters backed Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Now some of Trump’s most fervent supporters are left wondering whether anything will be left of their communities in four years.
With Capitol Hill gearing up to pass a Trump budget that will slash federal domestic spending to its lowest level in modern history, many of the nonprofits that keep red states running are preparing to shutter operations. That will leave millions of Americans without access to basic medical and dental care, early childhood education, senior support services, and free mental health services for at-risk populations like veterans.
Trump pledged to foster a new golden age of economic prosperity. Instead, he’s presiding over more collapsing small towns than at any time since the Great Depression.”
And red states are mostly poor states, lacking the resources to replace lost Federal funds.
Red state residents suffer the consequence of Trump, hence the stupidity of voting for Trump.
With Capitol Hill gearing up to pass a Trump budget that will slash federal domestic spending to its lowest level in modern history, many of the nonprofits that keep red states running are preparing to shutter operations. That will leave millions of Americans without access to basic medical and dental care, early childhood education, senior support services, and free mental health services for at-risk populations like veterans.
Trump pledged to foster a new golden age of economic prosperity. Instead, he’s presiding over more collapsing small towns than at any time since the Great Depression.”

How red states are the biggest victims of Trump's cuts
When 77 million Americans cast their ballots for Donald Trump for president last year, many of them were voting for exactly the kind of disruptive, government-gutting change Trump has delivered. They probably never imagined that the price of Trump’s...
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And red states are mostly poor states, lacking the resources to replace lost Federal funds.
Red state residents suffer the consequence of Trump, hence the stupidity of voting for Trump.