💬 The $810 Million Flex: How Trump Turned the Budget into a Fucking Napkin
Published Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM PT Burbank · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 12:04 PM · 91°F, 41% humidity, wind 0 mph WNW (gusts 2), 29.33 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 9 The $810 Million Flex: How Trump Turned the Budget into a Fucking Napkin Here’s what kills me about watching the Trump administration rescue rescission authority from the dust bin of history like it’s some vintage synth at a Burbank pawn shop: they’re not even trying to hide the sleight of hand anymore. We’re talking about a President who’s simultaneously promising every American adult $5,000 out of thin air and then pulling $810 million out of congressionally approved funding in the same month — two moves so contradictory they cancel each other out in my brain like matter and antimatter — and somehow nobody’s supposed to notice that the budget process has gone full kabuki theater. Except everyone notices. Everyone just… stopped caring. And that’s the real story here, and it’s so goddamn depressing I almost want to write it in verse to make the horror feel prettier. ...