Overview

• At a White House Cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, Trump said he will stop using “great, big, beautiful” and recast the law as “a massive tax cut for the middle class,” pointing to items like no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security.
• Recent surveys show weak support, including a Pew poll with 46% disapproval, 32% approval and 23% unsure, and a CNN/SSRS poll finding 61% opposition after the July 4 signing.
• The Congressional Budget Office estimates the law will add about $3.4 trillion to federal deficits over 10 years, with analyses projecting that more than 10 million people could lose health coverage due to Medicaid changes.
• The statute permanently extends 2017 tax cuts, boosts military and immigration enforcement spending, and cuts or tightens rules for Medicaid, SNAP and clean‑energy incentives.
• Republicans are testing rebrands such as “Working Families Tax Cut” as Vice President J.D. Vance holds events to sell the law, and a GOP pollster notes some Medicaid reductions are timed to take effect after the midterms.