07-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Presidential promises: Donald Trump swiftly implements his budget agenda
Mr Musk, and other critics of the Budget Bill, are concerned in particular about the risk of rising debt levels in the US
Business Standard Editorial Comment Mumbai
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The United States (US) Congress stayed up late last Thursday passing President Donald Trump's signature new legislation, the 'Big Beautiful Bill', and on Friday Mr Trump signed it into law. The new Bill reworks taxes and expenditure and restructures the multi-trillion-dollar US federal Budget. While some of its implications are relatively minor implementations of Mr Trump's campaign promises — for example, it cancels taxes on tips — some are far more wide-ranging. Most importantly, however, it continues the tax cuts that Mr Trump had put in place in his first term as President. The $4.5 trillion tax-cut giveaway over 10