$1.5T in cuts pledged $383B in cuts delivered $3.3T deficit projection now on the record. The Freedom Caucus held the line The line got erased
Mike Johnson didn’t offer a handshake. He gave a guarantee. In private, he told his own party he would carve $1.5 trillion in spending cuts into Trump’s domestic agenda package. That was the price. The commitment was locked. April 2025. Not ceremonial. Binding. Now look at the paper. The reconciliation bill passed. The cuts didn’t. …