Trump’s Mile-High Revenge Tour

Donald Trump
In the past month, Trump has canceled federal grants, rejected federal disaster relief requests, shuttered a key research hub, and vetoed a critical rural water infrastructure bill in the state. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Leigh Ann Caldwell
January 7, 2026

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Donald Trump’s vengeance is swift and sometimes irrational, whether it’s stripping Biden officials of security clearances, threatening to withhold disaster relief after the Los Angeles wildfires, vowing to defeat vocal critic Rep. Thomas Massie, or any number of other high-profile reprisals for slights real or imagined. And when he feels wronged, he doesn’t much care who gets hurt, as long as it hurts.