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Apeksha Bagchi

‘Cold-blooded cruelty’: Donald Trump doesn’t want to waste time to begin ‘looting’ America

It’s a moment of celebration for President Donald Trump and his team – his “One Big Beautiful Bill” has been passed, in the dead of the night. Of course, that calls for celebrations, after all, he did manage to bamboozle millions of Americans – talking about the middle class, lower middle class, and those below the poverty line – into believing that his bill will benefit them.

Trump’s flagship legislative package was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, with a narrow vote of 215–214, following an all-night session that extended into the early morning hours. The timing of the vote was a planned move to bury internal divisions within the Republican Party and to ensure the bill’s smooth passage in the House so that it is approved without much opposition from those pointing out how it does barely anything for the ordinary American and benefits the wealthy in heaps.

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