Richard Blumenthal argues that Donald Trump's vanity projects represent a wasteful and unprecedented misuse of taxpayer funds.

“Donald Trump has embarked on a series of 18 vanity projects costing more than a billion dollars. Corruption has consequences. Corruptions has costs and we are seeing the costs in dollars and cents, but also the desecration of iconic national monuments that symbolize America”

Government spending needs to be reduced because it is currently excessive and contributes to the national debt.

“The issue is the spending on top of that because it's not just about letting you keep more of your money which is your should be the the first thing the government should be doing is hey how can we keep how can we keep as much money in the people's pockets as possible but then there is spending a ma”

Federal courts are increasingly acting as a check on the administration's attempts to freeze federal funding for various programs.

“time after time, federal courts have stepped in to lift those funding freezes. In fact, in more than half of the 167 spending fights reviewed by Bloomberg News.”