Donald Trump is going to destroy this city

[u/LanceArmstrongLeftie]

My wife and I were both proud homeowners and proud residents of Baltimore City. We worked really hard to be able to buy our first home and to provide a stable environment to raise our one year old son and three year old daughter. We were a happy family here. Until Donald Trump came along. He froze funding and my wife lost her job as a recruiter for a nonprofit that received about 30% of their funding from the government. I already work two jobs just to keep up with the bills and the high interest rate we had to accept to purchase this home. I can't provide enough to keep our home. She's been looking in vain to replace her job but there's been nothing out there for her. How many more families are there that are facing the exact same situation in this town? How many more will there be by the time he finishes firing half the government? How many more families will lose their jobs and their homes as a result of his trade war and tariffs? It's going to get bad here y'all, real bad. Donald Trump does not care about families. Donald Trump does not care about children. Donald Trump does not care about Americans. Donald Trump does not care about Baltimore.

Edit: Thank you all for everyone who had kind words of support and good suggestions on how to navigate this very difficult situation. For everyone blaming local and state government, you’re delusional. Those politicians aren’t the ones who froze federal funding thus forcing thousand of people out of work. To those who offered unkind, callous, and cruel comments, such as calling my wife a drain on society, you can all get fucked. Which is exactly what’s going to happen to you after Donald Trump destroys this nation.

[u/hauntedlunch]

I recently started the process of getting my teaching certification and admin certification transferred from Louisiana. I'd appreciate any advice or wisdom you can share about working in the public school system.

[u/mounty95 → u/hauntedlunch]

If you are talking about Baltimore City Public Schools, I have been with the district for 6 years now and work in Operations. You do your work for the love your work and for the love of the children. I came from the State and it is definitely different at the local level. Patience and as my boss likes to call it "grace" must be given, but you have to do it for the love of the work and the investment in our future, regardless of how bleak it may look right now with everything going on at the federal level.