Trump-Vance Administration has Wreaked Havoc on North Dakotans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 1, 2026
Medora – Today, Donald Trump and Doug Burgum descend on North Dakota in the new Air Force One—a “gift” from the Qatari government. Trump said the United States “couldn’t build a plane like this.”
Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “Across our state, local businesses have had to close their doors because of the failures of the Trump Administration. Just the other day, a beloved coffee shop in Fargo said that tariffs had made it impossible to get their coffee and that the economy meant customers were cutting back on everything except essentials.
Trump has made $2 billion since returning to office, mostly by selling the Presidency for the benefit of family and friends. Trump’s corruption is not an abstract thing happening somewhere else to those people over there. Stealing from us, breaking our economy, wasting our money on wars and golf courses and arches and ballrooms and reflecting pools—all of this is hurting real people in our own communities.
Our elected local, state, and federal officials are supposed to represent us, to protect us, to serve us. Instead, Burgum, Fedorchak, Hoeven, Cramer, and my Republican colleagues in the ND House and Senate welcome this corrupt thief and felon to our state. Shame on them.”
Thousands of North Dakotans have lost food assistance or health care coverage
North Dakota is set to lose $1.5 billion in Medicaid funding over the next decade
The war with Iran has cost North Dakota families $1,000 per household
Fourth of July cookout prices are hitting a record high this summer
Doug Burgum’s Department of the Interior has proposed cutting all federal funding for tribal colleges and universities
Over $100 million in federal grants have been canceled for North Dakota state agencies
Created a crisis for North Dakota farmers
The North Dakota legislature had to scramble to make up for the loss of federal infrastructure grants that the Trump-Vance administration eliminated
CONTACT:
Laura Dronen
Communications Director
laura.dronen@demnpl.com
