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Trump Cuts Bureaucrats—Now Congress Needs to Cut the Checks | E.J. Antoni, PhD

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

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For years, the big spenders in Congress—and the Biden administration—worked together to drive the nation deeper into debt as they wasted taxpayer money on their crazy ESG, DEI far Left agenda. Between the Democrats who just wanna see Trump fail, and the big spender Republicans who want to see any budget cuts fail, Trump has an uphill battle against the “uniparty” when it comes to further progress in the spending fight.  Federal finance is the executive branch’s job, but it really comes down to Congress which “passes spending and tax legislation,” explains Chief Heritage Foundation Economist E.J. Antoni, PhD., on today’s special video commentary.   “It’s high time those legislators actually do something to fix the problem that they themselves helped cause.” 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 Introduction: The Trump Administration's Efforts 00:20 The Role of Congress in Federal Finance 01:33 Challenges and Achievements of the Trump Administration 03:49 Economic Consequences of Government Spending 06:07 The Urgent Need for Congressional Action 07:15 Conclusion: A Call to Action for Congress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We've heard a lot about the Trump administration's attempts to right-size government

0:34.1

and the good progress they've made over the last year. But now they're bumping

0:38.7

up against some harsh realities and are running out of options. In short, the administration

0:43.7

needs Congress to start doing its job for a change and cut the spending now. Federal finance

0:51.6

is not simply the work of the president and his team, although the executive branch is obviously a player in the game.

0:58.0

But it's Congress that passes spending and tax legislation, and it's high time those legislators actually do something to fix the problem that they themselves helped cause.

1:21.2

Hi, I'm E.J. Anthony for the Daily Signal.

1:26.3

We've heard a lot about the Trump administration's attempts to right-size government and the good progress they've made over the last year.

1:29.5

But now they're bumping up against some harsh realities and are running out of options.

1:35.1

In short, the administration needs Congress to start doing its job for a change and cut the spending now.

1:43.9

Federal finance is not simply the work of the president and his team,

1:47.7

although the executive branch is obviously a player in the game. But it's Congress that passes

1:53.8

spending and tax legislation, and it's high time those legislators actually do something to fix the

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