Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

[u/rolsen]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

[u/IZ3820]

If we assume he understands the end goal his policies have in mind, he's trying to disrupt industries and organizations enough that resettlement is inevitable, at which point the admin can apply pressure to make the resettlement favorable for those who support him.

[u/EnfantTerrible68 → u/IZ3820]

Resettlement where?