Let's return to these people in a year and see if they are able to afford hamburger.

Here's what's likely to happen. Money from the program will surely be cut. After all, billionaires need their tax cuts. What's left will be block granted to the states. Red states will do what they have always done, instead of distributing money fairly across all needy communities, communities mostly populated by non whites will be short changed. IOW, non white communities will end up subsidizing white communities.

What's the worst that could happen by taking on 30 of the most developed nations there?

The initial response of those 30 will be a signal to Russia as to how to proceed. If all hell breaks loose, Russia will quick back down and look for another way to get what it wants. I suspect that Putin will never try a frontal assault but will try to undermine a country from within i.e. get enough "citizens" of the country to raise hell.

Mike Turner and other moderates need to get together and form a "leave me the f..k alone or I will tank your entire legislative agenda" caucus. Republicans have such a tiny majority that it wouldn't take but a few members to join the caucus. Furthermore, they could demand that any attempt to primary either of them will result in a stalled legislative agenda. Also, they could threaten to join with Democrats and help pass democratic priorities. IOW, if I'm going down, I will take the whole damn ship down with me.

"I don't think that anyone voted for that"

Of course they didn't. They voted for funding cuts in blue states and to keep the money flowing to red states.

His public retraction of the defamation comments should have been an essential ingredient of any settlement. That is wasn't is a disappointment.

A neighbor that lives nearby has been displaying a very large Trump flag 24/7/365 for the last few years. I have seen one of the small school buses that pick up special needs kids driving up their long drive. If Trump's GOP does in fact eliminate the programs that help these kids, it will be interesting to see if the flag comes down.