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✍️ Lawmakers are rushing to avoid a government shutdown, and Donald Trump's demands for deep spending cuts will harm his own voters, according to Paul Waldman.
👉 Lawmakers are rushing to avoid a government shutdown
👉 Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed a compromise bill
👉 The bill would have avoided a shutdown, but Trump and Musk demanded deep spending cuts
👉 The cuts would harm Trump's own supporters
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As of this recording, lawmakers are still chaotically rushing to avoid a government shutdown. And one thing is already clear from this fiasco: Donald Trump will betray his voters very, very badly. Trump and Elon Musk killed a compromise bill, demanding deep spending cuts that would inflict real harm on Trump country, portending a lot more like this to come. (After we recorded, the House voted down the second government funding bill House Republicans advanced.) We chatted with Paul Waldman, author of The Cross Section Substack and co-author of White Rural Rage. He explains why all this is happening, the tensions it reveals among Republicans, and how the Trump-Musk alliance looks poised to sell out MAGA voters. Listen to this episode here.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189598/trump-musk-fiasco-worsens-exposing-badly-maga-voters-got-scammed