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Donald Trump canceled his order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars from federal local financing, in a significant climb after a widespread violent reaction.
The White House management and budget office issued a memorandum consisting of two lines of the executive branch departments and agencies on Wednesday, saying that the original plan had been dropped.
The rotation came a day after the original order of a day of political chaos and confusion between politicians from both parties, who were struggling with how their critical federal states were affected, including the support of the poor and the elderly.
Federal judge It prevented freezing On Tuesday, just minutes before his appointment to become valid.
After the cancellation, the White House said it canceled the memo “to end any confusion over the federal policy established by the court's ruling and the non -honorable media coverage.”
Trump He said that he wanted to “correct any confusion that the media intentionally and somewhat, for any reason, was created,” adding social security, MEDICARE and Medicaid will not be affected by its freezing.
He said: “We only look at parts of the large bureaucracy where there were huge waste, fraud and abuse.”
The President's comments came a day after the White House issued clarifications about the programs that will be affected by the freezing of comprehensive payment.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitte on Wednesday insisted on Trump's order to review federal financing to align his Maga agenda, “It will remain valid and.. It will be implemented accurately by all agencies and departments.”
On Wednesday's reflection was a blow to Trump less than two weeks in a second term. His team wanted to be free from the kind of political reflection, which described the first months of its first presidency.
Republican officials, including the governor of Louisiana Jeff Landri, have joined Democratic lawmakers and state officials in opposing freezing.
But the U role will be embarrassing for Republicans in the House of Representatives who defended Trump's freezing while they were declining in Florida.
The President issued dozens of executive orders since the office was re -entered while trying to implement a plan to cancel the American economy and reduce the size of the federal government. The orders included blocks on federal support for External aid And clean home energy.
Democrats said that the cancellation of their original notes just one day after its issuance represents an early failure in politics by the new administration.
“The Americans resisted, Donald Trump's retreat” and the president's failure to do this tactic, “said Chuck Schumer, the largest Democrat in the US Senate.
Hakim Jeffrez, the Supreme Democrats in the House of Representatives, wrote on the social media platform that “the first round goes to the American team.
