Vince Colonese

Elon Musk comes out and says that this thing is a betrayal and it's loaded up with pork and we can't pass this and shame on anyone who supported it in the first place. And when you get a statement like that from Elon Musk knocking the big, beautiful bill, you take it seriously. And rightfully so. You take it seriously because this is a guy who obviously fought for free speech.

That that's been a core element of Elon Musk's presence and contribution to the country by buying Twitter, turning it into X and making it a free speech platform. Love that. Love that.

That that's been a core element of Elon Musk's presence and contribution to the country by buying Twitter, turning it into X and making it a free speech platform. Love that. Love that.

That that's been a core element of Elon Musk's presence and contribution to the country by buying Twitter, turning it into X and making it a free speech platform. Love that. Love that.

He's also a guy that the president brought into the fold as both a donor, a contributor and a guy who helped push President Trump across the finish line, making that election too big to rig and putting his own fortune on the line in order to see that happen. Comes in and then runs the Department of Government Efficiency.

He's also a guy that the president brought into the fold as both a donor, a contributor and a guy who helped push President Trump across the finish line, making that election too big to rig and putting his own fortune on the line in order to see that happen. Comes in and then runs the Department of Government Efficiency.

He's also a guy that the president brought into the fold as both a donor, a contributor and a guy who helped push President Trump across the finish line, making that election too big to rig and putting his own fortune on the line in order to see that happen. Comes in and then runs the Department of Government Efficiency.

The goal there, as they started out, was to cut trillions of dollars in spending and waste and fraud inside of the government. Over time, as they were tackling all of this, by the end of 2020, Elon's time in that tenure, they cut in the vicinity of $150 billion, but I'll take anything I can get. And the spending that they were finding was cartoonish. It was out of control.

The goal there, as they started out, was to cut trillions of dollars in spending and waste and fraud inside of the government. Over time, as they were tackling all of this, by the end of 2020, Elon's time in that tenure, they cut in the vicinity of $150 billion, but I'll take anything I can get. And the spending that they were finding was cartoonish. It was out of control.

The goal there, as they started out, was to cut trillions of dollars in spending and waste and fraud inside of the government. Over time, as they were tackling all of this, by the end of 2020, Elon's time in that tenure, they cut in the vicinity of $150 billion, but I'll take anything I can get. And the spending that they were finding was cartoonish. It was out of control.

Transgender comic books in Peru and ridiculous – social media garbage in Ethiopia or whatever. The whole point is there was a massive, massive slush fund that Elon Musk got a hold of, including at places like USAID, and said, we're cutting that funding. We're cutting it right now. So they did. They stopped spending the money.

Transgender comic books in Peru and ridiculous – social media garbage in Ethiopia or whatever. The whole point is there was a massive, massive slush fund that Elon Musk got a hold of, including at places like USAID, and said, we're cutting that funding. We're cutting it right now. So they did. They stopped spending the money.

Transgender comic books in Peru and ridiculous – social media garbage in Ethiopia or whatever. The whole point is there was a massive, massive slush fund that Elon Musk got a hold of, including at places like USAID, and said, we're cutting that funding. We're cutting it right now. So they did. They stopped spending the money.

But stopping that from all from happening, it needs to go beyond just stopping the spending now. We need to statutorily remove that spending going forward. So there are two really important and distinct things going on now. One is the big, beautiful bill. I want to remind you of how we got to one big, beautiful bill, how we got to just one.

But stopping that from all from happening, it needs to go beyond just stopping the spending now. We need to statutorily remove that spending going forward. So there are two really important and distinct things going on now. One is the big, beautiful bill. I want to remind you of how we got to one big, beautiful bill, how we got to just one.

But stopping that from all from happening, it needs to go beyond just stopping the spending now. We need to statutorily remove that spending going forward. So there are two really important and distinct things going on now. One is the big, beautiful bill. I want to remind you of how we got to one big, beautiful bill, how we got to just one.

President Trump, when he was running for office and during the presidential transition period, said, look, we're going to pass my agenda and it's going to take either one or maybe two beautiful bills. In the end, he settled on one, one big, beautiful bill. Now. Instinctively, reflexively, you and I recoil at gigantic pieces of legislation.

President Trump, when he was running for office and during the presidential transition period, said, look, we're going to pass my agenda and it's going to take either one or maybe two beautiful bills. In the end, he settled on one, one big, beautiful bill. Now. Instinctively, reflexively, you and I recoil at gigantic pieces of legislation.

President Trump, when he was running for office and during the presidential transition period, said, look, we're going to pass my agenda and it's going to take either one or maybe two beautiful bills. In the end, he settled on one, one big, beautiful bill. Now. Instinctively, reflexively, you and I recoil at gigantic pieces of legislation.

We see giant legislation and we instantly detect there's corruption going on, that there's a game afoot, that we're being taken advantage of here. How dare you try and ram all this through together in one giant piece of legislation? And your instincts are right. It is good to have that instinct.