In his first few days in office, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders freezing the funding to several vital federal programs, and proposed a series of budget cuts for Congress to consider. While reducing waste in government is popular with the voters, recent proposals are so broad that there is a danger they will harm the working class residents who make up the Trump base, by cutting programs they depend on.

Columnist Robert Collins explains how President Trump’s funding freeze and proposed budget cuts would affect red states like Louisiana.

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