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   On May 2nd, 2017, an article was posted on CNN about a group called The Urban League. They talk about how Trump is jeopardizing a lot of progress that was mad while Obama was in office. The Trump administration is wanting to move funding from public schools to the defense program. When Obama was in office 15 million new jobs were created and "high school graduation rates soared." In response to hearing Trump's budget plans The Urban League is calling for his administration to put $2 trillion into job training, education and health insurance in specified areas. They are also asking for another $2 trillion to go into infrastructure improvements as well as raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

   This relates to what were are learning in class because it talks about Trump influencing public policy. Trump has very heavy and strict policies on specific groups to benefit the US as a whole. Some people don't agree with his ideas and think efforts should be put somewhere else. The Urban League is trying to get the word out that Trump isn't helping out Americans rather he is just protecting them from outside dangers but we have to fend for ourselves. Since Trump has used many executive orders he is essentially taking out the people's voice in these controversial matters since the people elect their representatives in congress.

   I think this article has good and bad ideas in it. It is right that we aren't focusing on fixing the US rather just protecting it. But it needs to take into account many people work on the budget and can't just give away $4 trillion to benefit what a small group of people want. There need to be changes made on both sides of this matter, the government needs to focus more on its own people rather than focus heavily on immigrants and terrorists. While on the other hand, the people need to take into consideration that the people who work for the US government have years of experience and years of schooling behind that to be able to work as a government official and are more qualified to handle situations than the average citizen or interest group.