Trump slams Paul for voting ‘NO on everything,’ lacking ‘constructive ideas’

The Hill ^ | 06/03/25 10:04 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton

[RandFan]

President Trump slammed conservative Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday for pledging to vote against his “big, beautiful bill”, accusing the Kentucky lawmaker of voting “NO on everything” and “never” having “practical or constructive ideas.”

Paul said he could vote for the 1,116-page budget reconciliation bill that passed out of the House last month if it didn’t include language to raise the federal debt ceiling by $4 trillion.

Paul’s comments sparked Trump to fire back on social media, accusing Paul of having “crazy” ideas.

“Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him. This is a BIG GROWTH BILL!” Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media platform.

In a separate post, Trump declared Paul has “very little understanding” of the bill and doesn’t grasp “the tremendous GROWTH” it would unleash from the economy.

“Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting ‘NO’ on everything, the thinks it’s good politics but it’s not,” Trump wrote.

“The BBB is a big WINNER!!” he wrote.

[Dr. Sivana]

Pay now, or pay later... We are still going to have to pay for this either way.

I don't disagree. Different people can decide on different strategies to deal with the financial/societal crisis. It is clear that Congress as a whole will not provide a suitable answer, and I fear if there is a real collapse (think 2008 cubed), the result will be more government and spending, not less. Argentina shows us it doesn't have to be that way, but they had to hit a bottom below a bottom, and we could go Cuba as easily as we can go Argentina.

We are not going to get a stronger willed president than Trump, and the entrenched interests are digging in. I would prefer to slow the collapse and do what little we can, and appreciate the small victories (home schooling growth, 2nd Amendment personal right, overturn of Roe V. Wade) even as the society as a whole sleepwalks towards the cliff.

We all have our roles, and prayer and repentance should be part of any plan, because this is bigger than all of us put together. I respect those who go off grid and raise their children in peace. I also respect those who will be heard even if defeat on a personal level appears inevitable. I do not so much respect those who know the problems, and quietly tell themselves "I've got mine. Apres moi, le deluge".