Trump isn’t canceling travel, golf, his ballroom, or hamburgers at the White House
From the PEP Radio Newsroom, we have news
about the federal government shutdown: Trump isn’t canceling travel, golf or his ballroom
President Donald Trump isn’t curtailing travel. He’s not avoiding golf or making do with a
skeleton staff in the West Wing. (That was not a Halloween-pun.) Even hamburgers served at
the White House aren’t from McDonalds, this time. In shutdowns past — including during Trump’s
first term — presidents normally scaled back their schedules. With staffers
deemed “non-essential” sent home, the White House often sought to
appear sympathetic to Americans affected by disruptions to health care,
veterans benefits and other key services. The current shutdown has left around 750,000
federal employees furloughed and others working without pay. Funding for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is lapsing after Friday — affecting 1 in 8
Americans who rely it to help buy groceries. Nonetheless, it’s been mostly business
as usual for Trump over the past 29 days. In fact, Trump is presently in South Korea
and has met with the Japanese Prime Minister, world leaders in Gyeongju, Seoul, and
elsewhere in Asia over this past week. Later this evening, we’ll be releasing a much
more detailed news report about the current and previous shutdowns under prior administrations
going back to the Ford administration. That report will be in our new “Special
Reports” playlist on the PEP Radio channel. PEP Radio will continue to bring you news here
on YouTube and on the Live365 app, the PEP Radio page at paequality.com, Roku, and Alexa. From the
PEP Radio Newsroom, I’m David Moore reporting.
From the PEP Radio Newsroom, we have news about the federal government shutdown:
Trump isn’t canceling travel, golf or his ballroom
President Donald Trump isn’t curtailing travel. He’s not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. (That was not a Halloween-pun.) Even hamburgers served at the White House aren’t from McDonalds, this time.
In shutdowns past — including during Trump’s first term — presidents normally scaled back their schedules. With staffers deemed “non-essential” sent home, the White House often sought to appear sympathetic to Americans affected by disruptions to health care, veterans benefits and other key services.
The current shutdown has left around 750,000 federal employees furloughed and others working without pay. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is lapsing after Friday — affecting 1 in 8 Americans who rely it to help buy groceries.
Nonetheless, it’s been mostly business as usual for Trump over the past 29 days. In fact, Trump is presently in South Korea and has met with the Japanese Prime Minister, world leaders in Gyeongju, Seoul, and elsewhere in Asia over this past week.
Later this evening, we’ll be releasing a much more detailed news report about the current and previous shutdowns under prior administrations going back to the Ford administration. That report will be in our new “Special Reports” playlist on the PEP Radio channel.
PEP Radio will continue to bring you news here on YouTube and on the Live365 app, the PEP Radio page at paequality.com, Roku, and Alexa. From the PEP Radio Newsroom, I’m David Moore reporting.
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