HARDBALL: Trump: Only Cutting Dem Programs, ‘Taste of Their Medicine.’

“We’ll be making cuts that will be permanent,” Trump said during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting. “And we’re only going to cut Democrat programs, I hate to tell you.

“I guess that’s makes sense, but we’re only cutting Democrat programs, but we’re going to start that.”

Vought has been given Trump the OMB plans under government shutdown authority as foisted upon Congress, the White House, and Americans.

“Russell [Vought] can talk to you about it if he wants to, but we’ll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren’t popular with Republicans, frankly, because that’s the way it works,” Trump continued.

“They wanted to do this. So we’ll give them a little taste of their own medicine.”

It takes some getting used to, watching a Republican play hardball like a Democrat.