Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda Doesn’t Need Congress to Cut the Waste
While activist judges and a sluggish Congress continue trying to slow down President Trump’s agenda, the truth is this: he doesn’t need their permission to fight government waste. As attorney Chris Horner wrote in a new Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Trump can still redirect billions in Biden-era grants, and the courts have already opened the door for him to do it.
“While ordering the executive to spend appropriated money, the courts acknowledged the funds need not go to the Biden administration’s selected grantees. This means Trump agencies can simply reframe the grant forecasts—initial announcements of planned funding opportunities—and call for a larger pool of grantees.” -Chris Horner, WSJ, March 31, 2025
This is a game-changer. Even if the courts block outright freezes on Biden’s slush funds, or if the Senate won’t vote to rescind the money, Trump’s executive agencies can rework the grant priorities and direct the money where it actually serves the public.
That means no more billions to woke activist nonprofits or overseas vanity projects. Instead, agencies can emphasize resiliency, energy reliability, and national priorities like clean fossil fuels, election integrity, or defending religious liberty abroad. The law allows for this discretion. And if Congress can’t get the job done, Trump’s team still has the tools to stop the waste and restore accountability.
“The U.S. has an inert legislature and activist judiciary, but by promptly issuing its own grant forecasts the administration can turn a seemingly no-win situation into that rarity, the no-lose situation.” -Horner, WSJ
This is exactly what voters wanted: a president who cuts the grift, not checks for swamp cronies. It’s time to reframe the future, cancel the corruption, and start spending taxpayer dollars like they matter… because they do.
April 1, 2025