The Trump budget office has once again put on a ‘spur-of-the-moment’ show, retracting an order to freeze federal grants just days after its announcement. This impromptu act has not only plunged the whole country into chaos and legal turmoil but also left the White House in a haste to explain the implications of the funding pause. While the Democrats are taking this opportunity to celebrate what they call a victory for the American people, the behind-the-scenes drama reveals the Trump administration’s ‘glamorous U-turn’ under legal pressure and public concern.