Trump Administration Moves to Abolish Women's Business Centers, SCORE, and Minority Business Programs
While the SBA hunts down fraud (selectively, of course), the Trump administration is quietly dismantling the programs that actually help legitimate small businesses. The President's Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposes to:
- Abolish the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Eliminate SBA's Women's Business Centers
- Defund SCORE (the mentorship program for new business owners)
In March, President Trump issued an executive order directing the MBDA and several other agencies to "reduce their functions to the minimum amount required by law." Democratic senators have fired back, stating that "gutting counseling and training services for women, veterans, and underserved small businesses is not how we can grow our economy."
$1.2 trillion being investigated for fraud
$47 billion in loans written off
$0 for Women's Business Centers
Here's the pattern: When billions go missing to fraud, the response is slow and ineffective. When programs actually help women, minorities, and veterans start businesses, they get the axe. The priorities couldn't be clearer.
The SBA is spending $300,000 on a Palantir contract to hunt down fraud, but can't find the funding to keep mentorship programs running. This is what "accountability" looks like in Washington - punish the people who played by the rules while the real grifters disappear with the money.