Big Beautiful Bill SUCCEEDS - What Now?

Trump's big, beautiful bill is just

moments away from being passed into law.

But what will it actually do? And what

could the fallout be?

Welcome to America Uncovered. I'm Chris

Chapel. Well, folks, it looks like

Trump's big, beautiful bill is finally

happening. This absolutely massive

budget reconciliation bill has been

hanging over the news cycle for months,

and in many ways, Trump's entire

presidency depends on it. Back in May,

the bill was passed in the House of

Representatives by a single vote, 215 to

214, with one Republican abstaining and

two more Republicans missing the vote

entirely. One of those missing

representatives, Andrew Garbarino,

couldn't make it because, according to

Speaker Johnson, he literally fell

asleep. Oh, I'm sorry. Is this too

boring for you? I mean, we've only been

talking about this since freaking

January.

I'm up all night putting together an

episode to explain this monumental bill

taking on the Hunter S. Thompson diet of

Dunh Hills Shivas and Taco Salad and you

can't even stay awake. It's no wonder

that when Speaker Mike Johnson heard

Garbarino was sleeping, he said,
"I'm

going to just strangle him." But um and

then but he's my dear friend.

Regardless, the big beautiful bill

advanced to the Senate where after some

changes, it again passed by the slimmest

possible margin. This time it was Vice

President JD Vance who broke the tie.

Now it's headed back to the House for

its final approval. If passed, it'll go

straight to the president's desk where

it will be signed into law. So, what's

in the big beautiful bill and why has it

been so divisive? For the sake of

brevity, let's focus on what Trump

really wanted out of it. Starting with

immigration. Okay, so this was the big

one for Trump's base. Dealing with

illegal immigration consistently ranks

among the top priorities for American

voters, Republicans especially.

According to Gallup, it even ranks above

the economy. And the big beautiful bill

did not disappoint. It dedicated over

$165 billion to immigration enforcement

over the next four years with almost 75

billion going directly towards ICE. This

brings its annual budget from around $8

billion per year to more than 18

billion. All this money will go towards

things like hiring thousands of new

officers, expanding the border wall,

detention facilities, and alligators.

That's not a joke, by the way.

Yesterday, Trump visited a newly

constructed ice facility deep within the

Florida Everglades. It's been dubbed

alligator Alcatraz, a place with cops in

the form of alligators. A planet where

alligators evolved from men. Chatter

warned us about this. When questioned by

the media, Trump had this to say.
The

idea that it

just get by an alligator or a snake.
I

guess that's the concept.
Brutal, but

I'm just going to assume he's joking. I

mean, there's no way he What's that,

Shelly? Oh, it looks like we have leaked

security camera footage from the

detention center. Let's take a look.

Okay, we have confirmation that

alligators are present in the area. All

right, the prisoner is making a jump for

it. And oh, that was close. Now, let's

see if he can get to the next one. And

oh god, the humanity.

I can't bear to look. Another big part

of the Big Beautiful bill is taxes. Now,

this one's a bit funny for Republicans.

You see, the Big Beautiful bill makes

the tax cuts from Trump's first term tax

cuts and jobs act permanent. Now, to

most Republicans, that sounds pretty

good. If people have more money, they

can buy more stuff, invest in more

businesses, etc., etc. In the long run,

that could help build a larger tax base.

But there's a catch. According to the

Congressional Budget Office, those tax

cuts are the biggest reason why the bill

could add more than $3 trillion to the

deficit. This is why the bill has come

under fire from fiscal hawks like Ran

Paul and Thomas Massie. Now, the bill

tries to offset this with cuts to

programs like Medicaid, something to the

tune of $930 billion over the next

decade. But still, that's not enough to

get the country out of its fiscal hole.

If you've been watching America

Uncovered, you may have caught our

episode about Doge and why it ultimately

failed to reconcile America's debts. The

truth is, most of the government's big

ticket items, Social Security, Medicare,

Medicaid, and defense spending aren't

going anywhere. To actually get the

country out of debt, the US would need

explosive GDP growth. I'm talking four

to 5%. And Trump thinks he can get there

with energy. Now, the Big Beautiful bill

does a few things here. First, it

fasttracks new oil and gas leases on

federal lands and streamlines the

permitting process. It also supports

nuclear power, extending production and

investment tax credits. The idea is that

by reducing energy prices, the cost of

doing business would go down across the

board. The cheaper the energy, the

cheaper it is to keep factories running,

to deliver goods, to keep the lights on

in retail stores, etc. If everything

comes together, that would give the

economy enough momentum to start

climbing out of the debt. However,

there's one sector the bill doesn't

smile upon. Renewables. The big

beautiful bill reduces or flatout

eliminates tax credits for things like

wind, solar, and electric vehicles,

which were established under Biden's

inflation reduction act. This is

probably one of the causes behind the

widening split between Trump and Elon

Musk, whose company Tesla has taken a

nose dive ever since Trump took office.

So, with Trump's bill so close to

passing, Musk has threatened to create a

third party, potentially undermining

Trump's GOP. In response, Trump

threatened Elon's subsidies and told him

to go back to Africa. You can't say

that, man. Or at least I can't say that.

Are you trying to get me demonetized?

But in a bit of poetic irony, Trump

suggested sending Doge after Musk and

his lucrative government contracts.
Doge

is the monster that have that might have

to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn't that

be terrible?
That's it. I'm convinced.

We're not living in a simulation. We're

living in a Shakespearean tragedy.

Specifically, Anthony and Cleopatra.

What manner, oh thing, is your

crocodile?

Trump is Caesar. Elon is Mark Anthony.

Cleopatra, well, obviously that's

Grimes.

You.

In any case, the big beautiful bill

marks the real beginning of Trump's

second term. And only time will tell

whether this bill fundamentally changes

America's course in history or if Trump

becomes the next pitfall Harry. So, what

do you think? Leave your comments below.

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