Trump adviser Stephen Miller clears up confusion on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ after Musk slammed it

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Just hours after billionaire Elon Musk, the former DOGE leader, went rogue and condemned President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on Tuesday, Trump adviser Stephen Miller blasted out a series of posts on X, clarifying what’s in the bill and why it needs to be approved.

The bill narrowly passed in the House last month, and is now being considered by the Senate.  However, multiple Senate Republicans are vowing they won’t support it, saying it will increase the deficit.

“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk wrote Tuesday. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

Miller is now trying to set the record straight. Below are his statements, posted to X Tuesday evening:

The BBB will increase by orders of magnitude the scope, scale and speed of removing illegal and criminal aliens from the United States. For that reason alone, it’s the most essential piece of legislation currently under consideration in the entire Western World, in generations.

And yes, this is the only chance to pass these immigration enforcement measures with 218 and 50. Now or never.

The Big Beautiful Bill contains three major sections:

1. The most significant border security and deportation effort in history, including the entire wall — up front, now, with no possibility of Democrat obstruction.
2. Full extension and expansion of the Trump Tax Cuts (this is what CBO is “scoring” — not spending, TAX CUTS. The ones we campaigned on and pledged!)
3. The largest welfare reform in history, CUTTING almost $2 trillion in spending (net)

Item 1 alone (border security + deportation) makes this the most important legislation for the conservative project in the history of the nation.

For those saying do separate bills, each would then require 60 votes (needing Schumer) instead of 50. Reconciliation is a special process each fiscal year where you can make fiscal changes with 50 votes. That’s why BBB is the vehicle for tax cuts, deportations and welfare reform.

The one wrinkle of reconciliation is you can’t make “discretionary cuts” (eg the bureaucracy) just mandatory (eg food stamp reform).

Discretionary cuts happen through a separate process known as “rescissions” (also 50 votes).

BBB was designed by President Trump and his allies in Congress to deliver on his core campaign pledges to voters and that is exactly what it does. This is the most MAGA bill ever passed by the House, and it’s not even close.

Certain libertarians in Congress, who are not MAGA, have their own agenda…and it’s not yours.

The BBB is not an appropriations bill. It does not fund 99% + of government. Zero dollars for Dept of Ed, zero dollars for HUD, zero dollars for EPA. Not a cent.

BBB cuts taxes, deports the illegals and reforms welfare. We could have never dreamed of a bill like this in 2017.

One of the bigger points of confusion on the BBB is spending vs tax cuts. The lefty CBO says extending the 2017 tax cuts (preventing their expiration) increases the deficit.

Some critics have seen this figure and claimed or implied the bill increases *spending.* Even according to CBO, the bill cuts spending over $1.6 trillion. So when a libertarian (eg Rand) attacks the “deficit” impact of the bill they are attacking the tax cut.

Of course, honestly accounted, extending current tax rates has zero deficit impact which is why the bill, because of its spending cuts, reduces the deficit.

A second major point of confusion is what’s actually in a reconciliation bill. It is not an appropriations bill, or a general budget bill. It provides no funding or authorization for 99%+ of the operations of government. It was written not by appropriators but some of the most conservative members of the House. It has not a single Democrat provision or vote.

The bill has three principal sections: tax cuts, welfare reform, immigration and border security. It is a dream bill.

Political correspondent Katie Pavlich pointed out, “Something that’s been buried in the Big Beautiful Bill conversation: It funds the entire border wall – infrastructure and technology – to the point Trump won’t have to ask for funding again during his second term to get it done.”

Miller replied, “The bill was designed by President Trump, his loyal aides, and his closest allies in Congress to deliver fully and enthusiastically on the explicit promises he made the American People.”

Miller slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of those opposing the bill.

“The score Rand is citing is the size of the tax cut. The bill slashes spending almost $2 trillion. Also, why doesn’t Rand ever fight this hard to deport illegals?” Miller asked.

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