Trump Just Did What No President Has Since Clinton-Cut Real Spending

Washington is having a meltdown—and not the good kind. For the first time in nearly three decades, Congress passed a rescission package that actually cuts spending, and the usual

suspects in the media and permanent political class are dismissing it as “symbolic.” You’d think a $9 billion spending rollback would get a standing ovation. Instead, we get scoffing from folks who have never balanced a checkbook, let alone a national budget. But here’s the reality: this is not symbolic. It’s historic. It’s leadership. It’s promises made, promises kept.

Let’s walk through what just happened.

The Trump administration—yes, President Donald J. Trump—is once again doing what every other politician said they’d do but never had the backbone to deliver: cutting actual

government spending. This rescission package isn’t a messaging bill, it’s not a policy memo, and it’s not another blue-ribbon commission. It’s $9 billion in targeted, line-by-line cuts to

wasteful, outdated, or flat-out unnecessary programs.

And here’s the kicker: this is the first time since President Bill Clinton was in office that Congress has passed a rescission package into law. That’s over 25 years of talk, and no action—until now. For decades, Washington insiders from both parties have pledged to rein in waste. They gave speeches, held hearings, and then rubber-stamped trillions more in spending. President Trump is the first in a generation to actually follow through.

Among the biggest targets of the cuts:

- Foreign aid programs that don’t serve our national interest

- Public broadcasting subsidies that should be funded by the private sector

- Agency slush funds that bureaucrats try to blow through in September so they can ask for more next year

This is what draining the swamp looks like, not in theory, but in practice. Not as a talking point, but as a line item crossed off.

And right on cue, the professional outrage machine fired up. The Democrats trotted out their greatest hits; “children will die,” “grandmothers will starve,” and “democracy is in peril.” One MSNBC panel even floated the idea that this rescission would singlehandedly collapse Western civilization before the weekend. You’d think $9 billion in budget discipline was a neutron bomb the way they carry on.

Now contrast this with how the Biden administration did business. While they used the auto pen behind closed doors to quietly sign off on trillions in debt-ridden spending, President Trump will call the world in to watch him sign the bill that brings Washington back to fiscal sanity. It’s bold. It’s transparent. It’s real leadership.

And it’s about more than just money, it’s about trust. It’s about showing the American people that someone in Washington finally respects their tax dollars. While Biden added $6

trillion to the national debt with nothing to show for it but inflation and chaos, Trump is ashing waste and restoring confidence in the economy.

As Larry Kudlow—former Trump White House economist, Fox business host, and longtime champion of free-market growth—always said: “Free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity.” And he’s right. The private sector creates wealth. Government wastes it. The more we can redirect power away from the bureaucrats and back to the people, the faster his country will rise again.

Let the D.C. class call this symbolic. We call it a down payment on restoring America. Let the bureaucrats moan about cuts. We call it common sense. Let the media roll their eyes. We call it history.

President Trump has until July 28 to sign the rescission package, thanks to the Impoundment Control Act. There’s no suspense here. We all know what he’s going to do. He’s going to stand tall, cameras rolling, and deliver yet another victory for the forgotten men and women of this country—the people who actually pay the bills.

So yes, this is more than just a $9 billion cut. It’s a message to Washington: you work for us. It’s a message to taxpayers: your voice matters again.

And it’s a message to the world: America is back in business leaner, stronger, and once again led by a President who means what he says.