What Trump and His Team Have Wrecked So Far

[CousinIT]

Donald Trump and his administration are rolling back a number of regulations and initiatives — as well as cutting offices, budgets and staff — and we’re following it in our “While He Was Tweeting” series. As coverage of Trump’s Twitter feed crowds out these stories, here’s a look at some of what the Trump administration has been up to so far.

Dismantling Post-Great Recession Financial Crisis Protections

The Trump administration is looking to dismantle many of the protections put into place after the 2008 financial crisis, including the Dodd-Frank reforms and the Elizabeth Warren-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.


Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement

In June, Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In doing so, the US joined Syria and Nicaragua as the only two countries not participating in the agreement.


Slashing Jobs at the Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), headed by fossil fuel ally Scott Pruitt, plans to cut over 1,200 jobs by September. And in a blow to the integrity of the science used by government agencies, the EPA dismissed nearly all of the members of its Board of Scientific Counselors.

The administration also closed the Office of International Climate and Technology, which worked on clean energy projects with other countries.


Delaying Protection from Pollutants

The EPA proposed delaying for two years an Obama-era rule that would have cracked down on pollutants from drilling operations that contribute to climate change and endanger people’s health.


Letting Women and Girls Down

President Trump reportedly plans to let the White House Council on Women and Girls go dark citing budget cuts and redundancies. The office, established to monitor policy changes and collaborate with women’s groups, is untenanted while the administration considers its future status, according to Politico.

The administration also announced this week that they will scrap a rule aimed at preventing pay discrimination.

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http://billmoyers.com/story/what-trump-wrecked-so-far/

[BigmanPigman]

1. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

People said he hasn't passed any new legislation but he certainly has undone a lot of what Obama did.

[NurseJackie]

2. No doubt, Sarandon and the other political-Cultists must be very excited about this. They've...

... always given the impression that they view Trump as one of the "necessary" apocalyptic ingredients that bring about some sort of political "Second Coming" (or "revolution''). Yeah, Sarandon is a burn-it-down cultist too.

I mean, just LOOK how animated and excited she gets at the thought of Trump being elected! (DISGUSTING!)

[OnDoutside]

3. "Some people", SOME people alright.

[raging moderate]

4. Inflicting Betsy de Vos on Education.

A pampered princess pushing us back to the Dark Ages.

[RainCaster]

5. Destroying the State Department

by firing all the top career diplomats and then replacing them with a big oil do-nothing who understands the taste of Putin's back side.

[MineralMan]

6. That's what happens when we fight among ourselves and fail

to elect Democrats. We should learn from this and do better in 2018 and 2020, I think.