Trump Appointee Defends 'Depression Meal' While Billions Go to War
Rollins, now President of the America First Policy Institute, suggested that a single stalk of broccoli and a small chicken portion could be a budget-friendly meal. While she attempts to lecture the public on fiscal prudence for their dinner plates, the larger fiscal prudence for the nation seems to escape her entirely. This comes as Congress, with bipartisan enthusiasm, routinely greenlights
billions of dollars in military aid and foreign assistance without similar scrutiny. One might wonder if Rollins, a proponent of 'America First,' applies the same stringent budget analysis to, say, the $14 billion in aid recently approved for Israel—much of it military. Or perhaps the decades-long pattern of prioritizing foreign military expenditures over domestic social programs, like ensuring
American families can afford more than a 'depression meal' every night, is simply not on the menu. The hypocrisy isn't just about a chicken dinner; it's about a national appetite for war funding while citizens are told to tighten their belts until they snap.