US EditionMassie unmoved on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after president’s personal pitch
- Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky remained opposed to the Republican Party's 2025 bill advancing key parts of Trump's agenda in Washington this week.
- Massie's stance reflects his libertarian principles and long conflicts with Trump-aligned policies, including his rejection of the 2017 tax returns and 2020 Covid relief.
- The bill, dubbed the 'big, beautiful bill' by Trump, extends 2017 tax cuts, raises the debt ceiling by $4 trillion, and cuts social programs, causing notable GOP division.
- Massie called the bill a 'ticking debt bomb' with 'Biden-level spending and increased deficits' while Trump urged support, calling dissenters fools and seeking unity among Republicans.
- Massie expects the bill to pass despite his opposition and faces a 2026 primary challenge amid ongoing tensions between fiscal conservatives and party leadership.
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One House Republican opposed Trump on key votes for years and survived. Can Thomas Massie do it again?
President Donald Trump often seems like the sun around which other Republicans orbit, setting their direction and movements — and, every so often, slingshotting one out of his solar system when they displease him.
'That’s a joke': MAGA Republican Thomas Massie has a moment of clarity over Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful, bill'
Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), once a steadfast supporter of former President Donald Trump, has publicly derided Trump’s latest legislative endeavor—the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act“—as a fiscal farce. Massie, known for his libertarian leanings and fiscal conservatism, didn’t mince words, labeling the bill’s claim of not adding to the deficit as “a joke.” In response, Trump, never one to shy away from a feud, branded Massie a “gra…
Massie: We Don't Have Time to Read 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Republican leaders are pushing for a House floor vote late Wednesday or early Thursday on President Trump's "big beautiful bill" of tax cuts—but one of the GOP holdouts say they haven't even been given time to read. "Major provisions of the big beautiful bill are still being negotiated and...
Republican holdout says he was 'threatened' by Trump, asks people for money · American Wire News
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, is asking for political donations on social media after he was “threatened” by President Donald Trump on Monday. It started when Massie spoke out against the “big, beautiful bill” on the grounds that it is not a fiscally responsible move from the Republican Party. Look: Monday, on news of the BBB, 30 yr US treasuries rose to 5% and 10 yr US treasuries rose to 4.52%. That’s the price WE pay to finance the national…
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