President Trump
Won’t Cut Special Olympics Funding
I’ve Overridden My People
3/28/2019 1:54 PM PDT
Breaking News
President Trump heard the outrage loud and clear, ’cause he just announced that he will NOT seek to cut nearly $18 MILLION in funding from the Special Olympics.
Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed cutting nearly every cent of funding to the organization earlier this week … and people were PISSED.
TMZ Sports even spoke to WWE legend and Special Olympics ambassador — Big Show — who called the idea “bulls**t.”
Now, Trump is putting an end to all that talk … telling reporters at the White House that he’s given the order to fund the organization — like was originally planned.
“The Special Olympics will be funded,” Trump said … “I just authorized the funding of the Special Olympics. I have overridden my people.”
So, that means the organization which works hundreds of thousands of kids will get the nearly $18 million they were allocated.