Out of a fever dream of a Trump 'lawyer' comes the idea of paying $5,000 to US citizens from Elon who will claim he is sharing the savings from mass firings and freezes. This will really help people look the other way from the 20 grand they will lose in programs and federal assistance. It is a cute Ponzi scheme in that the 5 grand people might get is just more borrowed money since the 36 trillion dollar debt is not repaid.

States are being told they will have to make up for the assistance the federal programs that used to do the heavy lifting. The States will of course, be unable to afford even half of that money. Perhaps some southern MAGA States will get some federal cash under the table.
Who really knows what direction chaos goes?