Donald Trump’s Plan to Destroy America

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed Donald Trump’s major legislation, which he calls the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act.

 The bill passed the Senate after Vice President J.D. Vance broke a 50-50 tie on the bill, in which all of the Democrats voted against, and they were joined by three Republicans: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Tillis has already announced that he won’t be seeking re-election, after Trump reacted to his no vote by vowing to back a primary challenge. 

The House and Senate have both passed their versions of the bill, which are very different from one another, and both passed their respective chambers very narrowly. So, the two will have to be reconciled in such a way that can pass both chambers, to meet the president’s goal of having a bill to sign by July 4. 

There are several knocks against the bill, one of which is that it would almost certainly add to the deficit and national debt. 

A Debt Bomb? 

The White House issued a fact sheet on Monday, citing its own Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), stating that the bill “slashes deficits, national Debt while unleashing economic growth.”

The fact sheet stated that the total deficit in 2034 “is cut nearly in half… saving the country $1.1 trillion in that year alone,” while primary deficits are seen flipping to surpluses by 2034. 

“An accurate budget score for the OBBB, inclusive of economic growth unleashed by President Trump’s policies, is deficit reduction of $755 billion relative to the CBO’s tax hike baseline and deficit reduction of $4.5 trillion relative to the current policy baseline,” the fact sheet says, relying on extremely rosy projections of economic growth. 

The Congressional Budget Office, however, sees things very differently. 

According to a CBO report issued on June 29, as cited by Axios, the Senate version of the bill would add $3.3 trillion in new debt. This is even more than the $2.8 trillion that would be added by the version that passed the House. 

The Axios report added that the White House’s interpretation of the data is “an outlier forecast compared to CBO and other models.”

In addition, per CNN, the House version of the bill would raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion, with the Senate version raising it by $5 trillion. 

Musk vs. Debt 

Another prominent voice is sounding the alarm about the debt that would be added by the One Big Beautiful Bill: Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Trump’s “special government employee” until recently. 

Musk, on social media, has been threatening to fund primary challenges against lawmakers who vote for the bill — meaning nearly every Republican in both the House and Senate — and even about starting a third party. He later narrowed the threat to merely those who had marketed themselves as fiscal conservatives. 

“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!,” Musk said on X. “And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

“How can you call yourself the Freedom Caucus if you vote for a DEBT SLAVERY bill with the biggest debt ceiling increase in history?,” he said of the hardline Freedom Caucus. 

Trump, for his part, was asked if he would consider deporting Musk, and answered that he would “look into” taking such an action. Musk has long been a U.S. citizen. 

“DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible?,” Trump said of the threats, per the New York Times. Later, on Truth Social, Trump ripped the electric-vehicle mandates that have long benefited Musk’s Tesla, and are scheduled to go away in the new bill. 

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