Trump Plans to Jumpstart His New Administration with One Massive Bill
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
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🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to jumpstart his administration with one massive bill, covering everything from border policies to taxes to energy. With less than two weeks before the inauguration, he has held closed-door meetings to win support among key figures in Congress. The goal is to fast-track the agenda through Congress and get the package of legislation on Trump’s desk by the end of April.
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| 0:00.0 | President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to jumpstar's administration using one massive bill, |
| 0:07.0 | covering everything from border policies to taxes to energy. |
| 0:11.0 | I'll be going into this plan. |
| 0:13.0 | Meanwhile, Elon Musk is being framed as the new kingmaker. |
| 0:17.0 | However, he's facing backlash in Europe over a variety of topics. And also, Taiwan is |
| 0:24.1 | alleging that a Chinese ship may have intentionally damaged an undersea cable that the country |
| 0:29.5 | needs for its communication systems. I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua |
| 0:34.6 | Philip, and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 0:48.5 | Now, first off, folks, President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to jumpstart his administration with one big bill, covering everything from border policies, taxes, energy, and a lot of other stuff. |
| 0:55.7 | And with less than two weeks before the inauguration, he has held closed-door meetings to |
| 1:00.7 | win support among key figures in Congress, mostly Republicans. |
| 1:05.3 | Now, the goal of this is to fast-track the agenda through Congress, and he wants to have the package of legislation |
| 1:13.0 | on his desk by the end of April and by the end of April he wants to sign this and basically |
| 1:19.3 | enact his whole plan. Now, Trump briefly explained this plan in a post on truth social and |
| 1:25.6 | here's what he said. He said, members of Congress are getting to |
| 1:28.7 | work on one powerful bill that will bring our country back and make it greater than ever before. |
| 1:34.7 | We must secure our border, unleash American energy, and renew the Trump tax cuts, which were |
| 1:41.2 | the largest in history. But we will make it even better, no tax on tips. |
| 1:46.6 | It will be made up with tariffs and much more from countries that have taken advantage of the |
| 1:52.7 | U.S. for years. |
| 1:54.1 | He said Republicans must unite and quickly deliver these historic victories for the American |
| 1:58.9 | people. |
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