I appreciate the legitimate concerns of Musk and others regarding the bill. I believe that even with these concessions the vote in the House was painfully close, in a party-line 215-214 vote. I believe this indicates that Trump is essentially trading those concessions for rebuilding our military (150 Billion) and building the wall.These are two of the security concerns that I am aware of. We don't hear the details of security briefings POTUS receives, but I believe Trump excels at prioritizing and negotiating, and that we need that wall and military funding stat.
President Trump knew he needed to build the wall and rebuild the military after Biden gutted both, so he may have planned from the start to essentially seize funds the Deep State relies on in order to trade them for it in exchange for military/wall funding now. (DOGE got Trump the 'cards' he needs to get the wall and rebuild the military).
The DOGE work doesn't get discarded - they have exposed the theft, fraud and abuse and put it before the public. The public now wants scalps, and with the courts still dirty, prosecuting those who stole these funds is held back for now, but remains documented and in reserve.
Surely President Trump wants to cut the funding for the deep state machinery that, among other crimes, shot him in the head, but he has placed the safety and security of the United States ahead of his own interests. We need the Deep State's army on the other side of the wall, and we need our military equipped to deal with them.
Perhaps the harsh comments you saw earlier were FReepers who feel that Trump deserves our trust at this point, as I cannot imagine what else he would need to do first to earn it.
Excellent post. Some people just want whatever Trump wants which is fine and shows ardent support but to then smear good people in every thread on this matter for the last week has been tough.
It’s clear the bill needs changes for me that’s been clear for a long time. I did not expect so many senators to say no so its been a lonely position (I’m used to that but it’s still annoying to take so much heat)
“The DOGE work doesn’t get discarded - they have exposed the theft, fraud and abuse and put it before the public.”
DOGE has exposed SOME of the corruption. I believe they could work 24/7 for the next five years and still touch only the tip of the iceberg.
As for this bill, each side makes sense in its own way. IMO. Interesting to see what will happen.