The usual suspects in the “conservative” influencer griftosphere are shouting, “What’s the practical alternative? Trump’s hands are tied by Congress!”
The idea that Trump is somehow hamstrung by a GOP Congress that treats him like a deity is beyond ludicrous.
Trump has been demanding passage of precisely this bill, the one he nicknamed the Big, Beautiful Bill. He has threatened to primary anyone who opposes it.
The practical alternative is for a Republican president to use his position of considerable influence to actually get spending under control.
Just once, maybe, he could demand real spending cuts.
Trump had every political advantage this term—a Republican Congress, Elon Musk and DOGE, and post-election momentum.
Yet he chose the most impractical route of all: insisting that Congress continue its massive overspending, pushing the United States further down the path of a debt crisis.