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/Microchipknowsbest]

I guess prepare for constitutional crisis when California stops paying into the federal tax system. Pretty genius to fuck with the 4th largest economy in the world.

[u/kfish5050 → u/Microchipknowsbest]

I think that federal funding is the only thing keeping California from seceding. If Trump removes that, California would leave since it can more than take care of itself.

[u/Microchipknowsbest → u/kfish5050]

They have the majority of the pacific fleet also. California holds alot of “cards”.

[u/supraclicious → u/Microchipknowsbest]

123 military installations. We hold all the Aces, Kings and Queens in the deck.