US President Trump has started using the shutdown to show who is the height of political corruption. He has started canceling funding for approved projects in Democratic-ruled states. This includes an $18 billion rail tunnel project in New York and $8 billion in funding for green energy projects in Democratic-ruled states.
Due to this move by Trump, Democrats have created a stir. Opposition leader Chuck Schumer said that it is a fool’s errand to stop a very important rail tunnel project in New York City. This project creates thousands of jobs and is also very important for the regional and national economy.
Not stopping there, Trump has stopped eight billion dollars worth of green projects in Democratic-ruled states. This could hurt America’s efforts to combat climate change. The Trump administration is using its control over government funding to pressure Democrats to reopen the shutdown.
The construction of a railway tunnel under the Hudson River in the US has always been plagued by politics and funding problems. This tunnel would ease the burden on the 110-year-old tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey. The longer the construction of the new tunnel is delayed, the more the burden on the new tunnel will increase.
Both Republicans and Democrats have continued to blame each other for the shutdown. The Trump administration has accused Democrats of wanting to extend free health care to those who entered the country illegally through Obamacare. While top Democrats resisted this, saying that only the subsidy has to be renewed under the Affordable Care Act, so that the insurance premiums of American families spread across the country do not increase. Republicans said that if we have to lay off due to the shutdown, it will be the Democrats’ responsibility.
The situation is becoming such that the American President Trump will lose the earnings he earned by imposing tariffs in the shutdown. The American economy is losing $400 million a day due to the shutdown. Therefore, there is a high possibility that Trump will have to announce an aid package once the shutdown is over.
The shutdown may bring more difficult days for American President Trump. Due to this, it is believed that the earnings Trump earned due to imposing tariffs will be washed away in the shutdown. America has collected a total of $165 billion in various taxes between October 1 and September 30 last year. In comparison, this amount was $70 billion in the previous year. Thus, the American economy has received a lot of revenue due to tariffs.
Now this same American economy is now facing a shutdown. Due to the shutdown, the entire spending chain will stop due to the shutdown in various departments of the government. Its direct impact will be on consumer spending and consumer spending will also decrease. The opposite effect of all this will ultimately fall on America’s GDP. Due to the budget not being passed, government agencies do not get money and therefore everything stops. Experts say that considering the aggressive approach of the Trump administration, the 2025 shutdown could be the biggest shutdown ever.
American President Trump has started using the shutdown to punish his political rivals. In addition, he is giving a new look to the entire government job sector, and he is also systematically removing Democrats’ supporters from government jobs. Many people argue that most of the government employees who have been the victims of Trump’s dismissal are Democrats.
Due to this kind of behavior of the Trump administration, it is believed that about 1.54 lakh government employees in America will either say goodbye to their government jobs or be forced to say goodbye by the end of the current week. It is believed that Trump will make many of the existing 7.5 lakh government jobs sit at home based on the shutdown.
In addition, the recent case of Dr. Jimmy Kamel is well known. Trump is also threatening the media sector in the same way and preventing it from coming forward. For this, he has filed huge defamation cases against various media houses here. Recently, YouTube had to settle with Trump for crores of dollars. Now Trump is attacking various media houses in the same way. If the journalists writing against him do not close their pens, they are being forced to leave their jobs or the entire sector. If they do not do this, there is a fear that the owners’ channel or newspaper will be closed. Trump has started taking on all his critics in every way. From court cases to trolling, Trump’s politics of revenge have started taking on new dimensions.
