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Two weeks ago, the Republican-led House easily passed a landmark housing bill on a 358-32 vote, following a similarly lopsided 85-5 vote in the GOP-led Senate. The stage was literally set for the most important bill signing ceremony of the year, right up until Donald Trump threw a tantrum, scrapped the plans and prioritized a voter suppression proposal that lacks the support to pass.<\/p>\n

Read more Kash Patel can\u2019t count on Trump\u2019s protection forever<\/a><\/p>\n

Shortly after the surprising developments, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that he had spoken directly with the president and was confident that he would eventually sign the bill into law. \u201cThe president, when we go through the details of the bill, he\u2019s going to understand that it\u2019s a good product,\u201d the Louisiana Republican said.<\/p>\n

As is often the case, Trump made Johnson look foolish soon after. On Friday morning, the president published a 229-word screed to his social media platform that read, in part:<\/p>\n

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I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the sentences that follow, Trump had nothing to say about the housing bill that is pending on his desk and instead made a series of hysterical claims about his anti-voting proposal.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to emphasize that he didn\u2019t say he\u2019d veto<\/em> the housing bill, declaring only that he wouldn\u2019t sign it. As a result, the legislation is set to automatically become law on Friday night at midnight, unless Trump changes direction again.<\/p>\n

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For proponents of the underlying policy, that\u2019s good news. Indeed, the legislative package, formally named the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, passed both chambers easily because it\u2019s a genuinely good proposal. As Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the principal co-authors of the bill, explained via social media, \u201cI don\u2019t say this often these days, but Congress actually passed something good. My bipartisan housing bill to build more housing, lower costs, and stop private equity\u2019s housing grab is becoming law.\u201d<\/p>\n

But as a political matter, Trump has screwed over his own allies for no reason.<\/p>\n

The bipartisan housing bill was poised to be the only meaningful legislative breakthrough of the year. GOP leaders were counting on this to show, shortly before the midterm elections, that a Republican-led Congress is capable of passing a good bill that addresses a serious issue that much of the country cares about.<\/p>\n

But instead of allowing his own party to celebrate an election-season victory, Trump scrapped a previously choreographed signing ceremony \u2014 which was poised to create visuals that could be used in GOP campaign ads \u2014 before downplaying the legislation itself as effectively meaningless.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a yawn,\u201d Trump said last week, adding that the housing bill is \u201cso unimportant\u201d when compared with the anti-voting measure he can\u2019t get through Congress.<\/p>\n

A week later, the president announced that he won\u2019t sign it, either.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if Trump spent two weeks thinking about how best to hurt his own allies\u2019 strategy for an election-season victory, and then followed that counterproductive plan to the letter.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s humiliation on the world stage triggers acts of desperation at home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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