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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ won’t add to the deficit. But it will.

In The News

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ won’t add to the deficit. But it will.

Budget & Tax, Debt & Deficit, In The News,  | In The News
May 21, 2025 | 1 min read | Print Article

This article by Louis Jacobson first appeared in PolitiFact on May 21, 2025

For our complete and updated analysis, visit our FY25 Budget Reconciliation landing page

“Bottom line — because that is what matters — is that simple math of all the additions and subtractions equals nearly $3 trillion in additional debt” during the standard budget time frame of 10 years, said Steve Ellis, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan group that tracks the federal budget.

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