Trump’s Big Budget Bomb

I'm John Caramonica, a critic at The New York Times. And I'm Joe Cascarelli, a culture reporter at The Times. Together we host Popcast, a weekly pop culture chat show where we speak to the biggest musicians, actors, internet celebrities, and more. We've had Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo, and Anne Hathaway. We've also hosted live performances with Andre 3000 and Erica Badu.

Plus we end every conversation with a snack. Catch new episodes of Popcast every week on YouTube and anywhere you get your podcasts. We live for reasons I will not pretend to understand in an age when the only truly bipartisan idea is that landmark legislation demands triple B alliteration. President Joe Biden's signature proposal was billed back. better.

Now President Trump has yoked his presidency, yoked all of us, to his big, beautiful bill. Big, beautiful, that gorgeous, big, beautiful bill. Let me suggest another name for it. I'll even stay on trend. The big budget bomb.

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