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BumRushDaShow

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 05:54 PM Sep 30

Trump Administration Uses Official Government Website To Bash 'Radical Left' [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Sep 30, 2025, 02:53 PM EDT | Updated 3 hours ago


Visitors to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s official government website were greeted by a highly unusual and overtly political message on Tuesday:

“The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands,” the notice blared at the top of the site, set against a red background. “The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.”

In case anyone missed it, the same exact message quickly surfaced in a pop-up box covering the page. A visitor had to close the box before navigating anywhere on the HUD site. HUD Secretary Scott Turner, a Trump appointee, shared the message on X and said, “HUD.gov has been updated accordingly.”

It should surprise no one that the Trump administration might use government resources to promote its political views in its shutdown standoff with congressional Democrats. After all, President Donald Trump has been using his government post to enrich his family to the tune of billions of dollars.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-administration-hud-website-shutdown_n_68dc19c3e4b003b6c8dc601b?origin=home-latest-news-unit



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