New Trump 'war' on another front is 'destined to fail': analysis

U.S. President Donald Trump looks down as he participates in a call with service members of U.S. Army, JTF-Southern Border, 101st Airborne Division (Fort Huachuca, AZ), U.S. Marine Corps, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion (REUTERS)

During his State of the Union address in February, Donald Trump announced the formation of a new anti-fraud task force with JD Vance at its head. A few weeks later, he signed an executive order that stated the task force would announce its plans within 90 days. But according to a new analysis by MSNOW, there are four reasons this plan is “destined to fail.”

First, the administration doesn’t understand or won’t admit to the reality of fraud. For example, Stephen Miller has asserted that all it would take to balance the budget is to eliminate fraud from various social insurance programs. This is demonstrably wrong, to the point where “even Trump’s Justice Department doesn’t believe it.” The reality is that social safety net fraud is significantly lower than administration officials like to suggest.

Second is Trump’s assertion that he will apply the bulk of his anti-fraud efforts to the partisan endeavor of targeting “majority-blue states,” regardless of the lack of evidence showing that related crimes are more common in states where Democrats tend to win. “It seems that it’s heavily, heavily Democrat,” said Trump with zero substantiation. This implies that his motivations have more to do with punishing his enemies than fighting fraud.

Then there’s JD Vance’s total lack of qualifications. Not only is he “the least experienced vice president in nearly a century,” period, but he has no background in auditing, social program administration, or anything else relevant.

Finally, one can’t ignore Trump’s extensive resume as a purveyor of fraud. He’s had to pay a number of steep settlements relating to his fraudulent university, charitable foundation, and family business. He’s issued presidential pardons to people convicted of fraud, and he himself is the only president in US history to have been found liable in a civil fraud case. It’s a real “the call is coming from inside the house” situation.

Or as Democratic Senator Patty Murray recently put it, “Trump announcing a war on fraud is like a criminal announcing a war on crime.”

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