Donald Trump spent his entire campaign lying to the American people about lowering costs “on Day One,” but has instead spent his time in office enacting reckless mass firings and funding freezes. With his latest round of mass firings, Trump is gutting local economies and “worsen[ing] America’s housing crisis” while cuts to VA staff could leave veterans stranded without access to “life or death” medical care. The “ripple effects could create a significant drag on local economies,” and the American people are taking notice: Trump doesn’t care about working families and refuses to take any responsibility for the disaster he is unleashing on the American people. 

Here’s a look at how Trump’s latest mass firings are hurting Americans across the country and putting the economy at risk for everyone: 

Washington Post: “HUD cuts expected to worsen America’s housing crisis, staffers say”

“Sharp cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development are likely to upend housing markets, make homes less affordable and roil mortgage transactions, according to current and former employees, contractors and housing experts. 

“The changes come amid a national housing crisis, with not enough homes and ever-rising costs. Current and former staffers, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal, said it was increasingly difficult to answer how and whether HUD can carry out its core functions as the federal government’s top housing agency. … 

“The Office of Community Planning and Development — which has a large portfolio spanning veteran housing, disaster recovery, homelessness and community block grants — will be cut by 84 percent by late May … The Office of Public and Indian Housing, which serves over 3.5 million households, will be cut by 50 percent. 

“The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity — which focuses on eliminating housing discrimination, including for the disabled — will be cut by nearly 77 percent. There is also the broad expectation that field offices, especially smaller ones in more rural parts of the country, will be shuttered. …

“Staffers also emphasized that these cuts appear to contrast with President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to make housing more affordable.”

Yahoo Finance: “About 23% of the 1.97 million federal civilian workers are located in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The remaining live in the rest of the US and its territories, according to a December report from the Congressional Research Service. …

“Depending on how many layoffs each community absorbs, the ripple effects could create a significant drag on local economies, making them more vulnerable to any national slowdown. …

“Some of the congressional districts that have the highest share of federal workers are home to military bases that each employ hundreds, even thousands, of civilian workers who support the base operations.”

Washington Examiner: “VA layoffs spark concerns about veterans’ care: ‘This could be life or death’”

“The dismissals of more than 1,000 new employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the wave of federal government layoffs have led to serious concerns that it could hinder operations at medical facilities and impact benefits for former service members. …

“As the number of claims filed under the PACT Act continues to grow … ‘[t]he cuts to the Veteran Crisis Line and other support services suggest that veterans seeking assistance may encounter longer wait times and diminished service quality.’ … 

“The former staff staff sergeant [Andrew Lennox] worries the cuts could lead to a reduction in the quality of care for veterans. …

“[M]any of the calls [the VA has] already receive[d] from distressed veterans have to do with roadblocks regarding receiving their benefits.”