Don’t fall for it. He’s cutting stuff like this so everyone cryes and complains and then he says see see i tried to do something but you can’t without hurting woman, children, cops.
I agree with your analysis. Local governments pull this all the time, too. “We can’t cut the budget without eliminating police! What, my brother-in-law and my latest baby-momma in six-figure makework jobs? How did that happen?!?”