How Trump Uses Clawbacks
What are clawbacks? And why is Trump using them everywhere? Trump clawed back 80 million allocated by FEMA to go to the City of New York after he had issued an Executive Order stopping all payments to house Illegal Aliens. Trump and DOGE said that the 80 million should have been used for hurricane relief for Americans instead of being sent to luxury hotels to house Illegal immigrants. New York sued because the comptroller woke up and saw 80 million missing from their bank accounts, because the money had been clawed back. Clawbacks are built into most government contracts and private business contracts as a clause that says that if anyone breaks the law, or if profits drop, or if the employee fails to perform, or if the subcontractor fails to keep accurate accounting records the money can be clawed back, and 80 million can disappear as quickly as overnight like it did in New York. In addition to clawing back that money, Trump has clawed b...