DHS/ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump plans to propose a reorganization of the federal government on Thursday [6-21-18] that would shuffle key development, housing and food programs to new departments, where they could be easier to cut or contain, according to administration officials briefed on the proposal. The plan, which will most likely face significant opposition in Congress from Democrats and some Republicans, includes relocating many social safety net programs into a new mega-department, which would replace the Department of Health and Human Services and include the word ‘welfare’ in its title. Mr. Trump and his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, the architect of the plan, have sought to redefine as welfare subsistence benefit programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and housing aid. It is part of a rebranding effort, championed by conservative think tanks and House Republicans, to link them to unpopular direct-cash assistance programs that have traditionally been called welfare.”
-Glenn Thrush, “Trump to Propose Government Reorganization, Targeting Safety Net Programs,” The New York Times online, June 20, 2018