Vince Colonese
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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 โ 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 โ 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 โ 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.
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.
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.
But let me remind you about the vehicle here and why President Trump independently selected this, why he chose one big, beautiful bill in order to do this. The answer is because it's reconciliation. That's the vehicle that we're doing this through.
But let me remind you about the vehicle here and why President Trump independently selected this, why he chose one big, beautiful bill in order to do this. The answer is because it's reconciliation. That's the vehicle that we're doing this through.
But let me remind you about the vehicle here and why President Trump independently selected this, why he chose one big, beautiful bill in order to do this. The answer is because it's reconciliation. That's the vehicle that we're doing this through.
In the United States Senate, in order to pass anything, any normal piece of legislation that you would present would require a super majority, 60 votes to pass this. because of the Democrats obstruction in the Senate. Democrats don't want to help you achieve anything. And so this can only be done with Republican votes. The only way forward is with Republican votes.
In the United States Senate, in order to pass anything, any normal piece of legislation that you would present would require a super majority, 60 votes to pass this. because of the Democrats obstruction in the Senate. Democrats don't want to help you achieve anything. And so this can only be done with Republican votes. The only way forward is with Republican votes.
In the United States Senate, in order to pass anything, any normal piece of legislation that you would present would require a super majority, 60 votes to pass this. because of the Democrats obstruction in the Senate. Democrats don't want to help you achieve anything. And so this can only be done with Republican votes. The only way forward is with Republican votes.