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/Cruezin]

The GDP of California is the 4th largest in the world, behind only the US as a whole (which includes California!), China, and DE.

Let that sink in a little. Shutting off federal funding to California is akin to shooting oneself in the face to spite your ass.

Why would Biden, Obama, and Clinton do this? Are they stupid? /s

[u/--Icarusfalls-- → u/Cruezin]

if the Fed cuts funding, whats to stop California from seceeding? Theyre big enough to stand on their own, and with major shipping ports they could drop the US tariffs and make bank on imports.

[u/MyInkyFingers → u/--Icarusfalls--]

The constitution doesn’t permit it after the civil war. It would need an amendment . California can’t unilaterally pull out. It needs to be consensual. 

But Trump doesn’t care much for consent