“It doesn’t have to pass the agreement to avoid it”

(Adnkronos) – Elon Musk, the richest man in the world to whom Donald Trump has entrusted the task, starting from January 20th, of cutting American public spending by a third, urges people to vote against the agreement reached last night between Republicans and Democrats to avoid the shutdown.

“This law must not pass”, he wrote on his series of unnecessary spending items, branding it as a ‘Christmas tree’ law. The stance taken by Musk, who played a huge role in Trump’s victory and now has great influence on the president-elect, risks putting the Speaker Mike Johnson who negotiated the deal that must be voted on by tomorrow to avoid triggering a federal government shutdown. In an interview today on Fox News, the Republican leader said he had heard some of the criticism directly from Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the other billionaire put on hold. head of the Doge. “They understand the situation and told me ‘we don’t criticize you directly, Speaker, but we don’t like public spending. And I replied: ‘you know, friends, I don’t like it either.’ According to the agreement reached, the temporary spending law will be valid from tomorrow until March 14, to give time to the next Congress, which will be entirely controlled by the Republicans. , and the new President Trump to establish how the government should be financed for the rest of the year. In the 1500-page agreement – the result of weeks of negotiation – 100 billion were added for post-hurricane emergency interventions and 10 billion. for assistance to growers.