President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance denounced a bipartisan government funding bill, jeopardizing its passage and potentially leading to a government shutdown. They demanded a debt ceiling increase and criticized the bill as giving too much to Democrats.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump excoriated a bipartisan government funding bill Wednesday afternoon, throwing the stopgap measure into chaos just as leaders of both parties were hoping to pass it. The joint statement between Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance gravely jeopardizes the bill’s prospects in the Republican-controlled House, where Trump wields significant influence. The bill would have kept the government open until March 14.
“And hurt the working class Americans they claim to support. You break the bipartisan agreement, you own the consequences that follow.” Within 24 hours of the bill’s release, Elon Musk, Trump's billionaire ally, slammed it in a torrent of posts to his over 200 million followers on X, before calling for a monthlong government shutdown until Jan. 20, when Trump is sworn in. “Kill the Bill,” Musk wrote.
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