SCOTUS Steps In – Smacks Judges Thwarting Trump Order
SCOTUS Pauses Judges Order
Well, well, well—look who just put a speed bump in the globalist gravy train. On Wednesday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts hit the brakes on a federal judge’s order that would have forced the Trump administration to cough up $2 billion in foreign aid payments to contractors by midnight. You read that right—midnight. As if the fate of the world hinged on bureaucrats hitting “send” on a wire transfer before Cinderella’s carriage turned back into a pumpkin.
This all started when U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali decided that he, not the president, should be making calls on how taxpayer money gets spent. His order demanded that the Trump administration release USAID funds immediately, because heaven forbid we take a second to question whether we should keep dumping billions into foreign aid programs that, let’s be honest, most Americans didn’t even realize they were funding in the first place.
The administration quickly responded with an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing that the judge’s ruling wasn’t just ridiculous, but outright unconstitutional. According to the Trump team, the ruling imposed “an untenable payment plan” that ignored the president’s constitutional authority to control federal spending and ensure taxpayer money isn’t flushed down the nearest overseas black hole.
Now, Roberts’ decision to put a temporary hold on this ruling doesn’t mean the battle is over. The groups fighting Trump’s effort to clean up USAID’s budget have until Friday at noon to respond. But let’s be honest—we already know how this will play out. The people who love foreign aid the most aren’t regular Americans, and they certainly aren’t struggling taxpayers watching their grocery bills skyrocket. No, the real foreign aid superfans are the bureaucrats, the contractors, and the politicians who use these bloated programs to push their pet projects, build their global networks, and pat themselves on the back for being oh-so-generous—with your money.
Which Chief Justice John Roberts has done immediately. pic.twitter.com/WiN1JHBAYz
— Geoff Smith (@GeoffSmiGlaynax) February 27, 2025
And make no mistake, Trump isn’t just cutting a little fat here—he’s going for the whole bloated, corrupt system. His administration has announced plans to eliminate 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and slash $60 billion from overall assistance. That’s not trimming the budget; that’s taking a chainsaw to the D.C. establishment’s favorite slush fund. Naturally, the usual suspects are melting down, wailing about how this represents a catastrophic retreat from America’s decades-long commitment to stabilizing foreign economies and building alliances. Translation? Washington elites are furious that their favorite overseas pet projects might finally face some real scrutiny.
But here’s the thing—Trump and his allies, including Elon Musk, have been crystal clear about why they’re making these cuts. USAID has been hijacked by a liberal, globalist agenda that has nothing to do with helping Americans and everything to do with funneling money into programs that advance left-wing politics. Whether it’s climate initiatives, gender studies workshops, or funding for foreign NGOs that have no accountability, USAID has become a bottomless pit where tax dollars disappear without a trace. The Trump administration’s memo on these cuts even spelled it out: they’re clearing out “significant waste stemming from decades of institutional drift.” In other words, the system is broken, and it’s time for a reset.
Of course, Trump’s move to gut foreign aid has triggered a wave of legal challenges. This Supreme Court appeal is just one of many, as Democrats and bureaucrats scramble to save what’s left of their precious global spending spree. In another case, the administration is also fighting a lower court ruling that reinstated the head of a federal watchdog agency after Trump fired him—because, apparently, firing bureaucrats who refuse to follow your policies is no longer allowed if you’re a Republican president.
But the bottom line is this: Trump is doing what voters elected him to do. He’s putting America First, cutting wasteful spending, and refusing to let unelected judges dictate how the federal government operates. For decades, foreign aid has been treated as some sacred cow that no one in Washington dared to touch. Trump, as usual, is the only one willing to say what everyone else is thinking: maybe, just maybe, it’s time to stop shoveling billions into programs that don’t benefit the American people. And if that upsets the global elite, well—that’s just a bonus.