Simple Message Advice to

Tell Your Story About a Trump Disaster

  1. Tell what Trump did in simple language with just the key information (from this website or another source):
    Trump put a freeze on all federal grants and payments for libraries.

  2. Explain the impact on people and your community in personal, human terms:

    Trump is holding up resources for the library that I’ve used for years to find books for my children and grandchildren.

    The after-school program at our local library, which gives children a safe place to go after school, is facing big cuts in funding because of Trump.

  3. Always put the blame on Trump:

    • Do NOT say “the Trump administration.”

    • Do NOT say that the action was from a government agency or department, unless you first put the blame on Trump.

  4. Job loss is about Trump firing people, not reducing staff:

    It’s important that we talk about federal employees being fired in human terms. For example:

  • Trump is firing people — they are not losing their jobs.

  • Trump is firing people who do vital work… People, not staff or federal employees.

5. DO NOT talk about cuts, as a lot of people like the idea of cutting government.

DO talk about the way the government program helps people and communities.