Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is a Big Beautiful Betrayal: Coffins Will Be Lowered Into the Ground Because of It

The cruel math: Tax cuts for the rich, health cuts for you. This isn’t a coincidence—it’s the plan.

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Is a Disaster for America

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #399

They call it the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Well, if it’s so beautiful, why are millions of Americans—especially in rural America—headed toward a train wreck?

While affluent elites celebrate tax cuts and border walls, you—your neighbors...your kids…and your rural hospitals—are being sold down the river. Here’s everything this corporate giveaway hides...and why Democrats…and any decent human being…should be …outraged.

1. Tax Cuts for the Privileged—Let the Rest Burn

Let’s be crystal clear: this bill permanently extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

That means massive giveaways to corporations and high-income households. Did you catch that SALT deduction boost? Now–$40,000. Before–$10,000. Who benefits?

• Heavily reducing the tax burden on the wealthy.

• Line-item carve-outs: tip income…overtime…and even “new car mortgages”? All tax-free for some.
  Meanwhile, nearly half the country pays zero income tax and gets nothing back. The wealthy win big; everyday Americans lose.

As Biden’s tax returns showed…those with money keep making money.

2. Rural Hospitals: Facing Extinction

Here’s where it gets cruel: deep cuts in Medicaid and SNAP.

Millions will be stripped of coverage by 2034, as states impose work requirements and stricter eligibility rules. Do you know what that means?

• Rural hospitals—already on life support—will lose critical Medicaid funding.

• Patients will face long drives and closed doors.

• Rural clinics may disappear forever…leaving maternity wards nonexistent…opioid support evaporating…and emergency room deserts becoming the norm.

This isn’t a policy. It’s a death sentence for rural care.

3. SNAP & Hunger: Turning the Screw

The bill forces SNAP started or eliminated by states. Families who already struggle for food will face new hoops:

• Less aid.

• Work mandates.

• Less flexibility in seasonal work or caring for loved ones.

Meanwhile…elite tax cuts remain untouched.

4. The Deficit Lies

They’ll sell this as “pro-growth.” Do you hear that in the wake of a massive debt ceiling increase—$4 to $5 trillion? Do you see it when CBO warns of a $3 trillion spike in federal deficits?

Here’s what actually happens:

• Inflation spikes.

• Interest rates surge.

• Mortgage rates—already too high—go up again.

All while your real wages stay flat. The wealthy celebrate; everyone else pays.

5. Climate & Clean-Energy Setback

Buried in that sprawling bill is a scorched-Earth policy for clean energy:

• Most wind and solar tax credits eliminated.

• Rural solar programs wither.

• Clean-energy jobs vanish.

• You pay more for electricity—again.

All so the Koch brothers can keep burning fossil fuels while pocketing taxpayer subsidies.

6. National Defense? Or Border Wall Bribe?

Yes, there's $150 billion for defense—ballistic missiles, drones, and new weaponry. But earmarked:

• $46 billion to maintain Trump’s wall.

• Domestic immigration enforcers. The number of ICE agents will increase by TWENTY times.

• A $100 asylum fee to make it harder for legitimate seekers.

Yes, we need national security…but not at the cost of collapsing our healthcare and social safety nets.

7. Rural America Bleeds Out

Make no mistake: rural America is ground zero.

• Clinics shuttered.

• Farmers lose healthcare coverage.

• Families can’t feed themselves.
  - School lunch programs collapse on the farm just yards from fields of plenty.

Tomorrow, the hospital will be gone. Then the school. Then the doctor. Then the hope.

8. AI Without Guardrails

One of the most evil clauses? A 10-year gag on state-level AI regulations.

That’s right—the bill explicitly forbids states from regulating AI outside federal law.

They want unregulated AI slides onto our doorstep…without governance…safety standards…or ethical oversight. That impacts:

• Privacy.

• Healthcare fraud.

• Biased decisions.

• Misinformation machines.

• Rural clinics using untested AI triage.

This isn’t innovation; it’s a power move by big tech…with taxpayers footing the bill.

9. Crushing the Vulnerable

Let’s tally the damage:

• 10–17 million lose Medicaid.

• Seniors lose supplemental benefits.

• Families with kids lose critical aid.

• More hunger…more poverty…more barriers.

It’s not just bad policy. It’s cruelty.

10. The Political Shell Game

Many of these cuts don’t kick in until 2027–2028.

That’s on purpose—so when the public wakes up, Trump can campaign, “See—I told you Democrats cut your Medicare!”

No. That’s dishonest warfare. The real cuts were built into this bill. Hidden now so outrage doesn’t catch them before the damage is done.

What Democrats Must Do—Starting Now

The fight is no longer theoretical.
The votes are there.
The bill will be signed tonight or tomorrow.

This is happening.

What we do next determines whether this bill buries us—or whether we bury it politically.

Here's what Democrats must do immediately:

Name names.

Call out specific rural towns and hospitals on the chopping block. Don't say "rural healthcare is in danger." Say "Clay County is about to lose its only ER." Put faces to the fallout.

Frame this as class warfare.

This is a cash grab for the rich, bought with the lives of people in small towns, cities, farms, and clinics.
Say it plainly: They gave tax breaks to millionaires and left your grandma with no ambulance.

Push social proof—fast and hard.

Flood social media, town halls, and news cycles with farmers, postal workers, nurses, and teachers saying: "This is wrong. This is killing us."
The public won’t care about CBO charts. They’ll care about hearing their neighbor’s story.

Force every Republican to own it.

This can’t just be Trump’s bill.
Democrats must say: “Your representative voted to close your hospital. To cut your Medicaid. To raise your power bill.”
Pin this to every one of them.

Mobilize the next fight.

Fundraise. Campaign. Run ads. Build a narrative now that makes this a liability in 2026, not a footnote.
The bill is law. But we can make it politically radioactive.

Hold the line on clean energy, AI regulation, Medicaid, and SNAP—every chance you get.

Block the next wave of deregulation. Jam the system with resistance. Make them fight for every inch.

Final Word

This isn’t governance. This is greed…fully unleashed.
This is indifference…signed into law.
This is cruelty…not hidden anymore…but proudly displayed.

Rural towns will lose their hospitals.
Families will lose their food assistance.
Communities will pay more for energy.
AI will run wild without guardrails.
The deficit will balloon.
And the next time you call 911 in a small town, you may get silence.

This is not a bill to heal America.
This is a blueprint to bury it.

The question is:

Will we make them pay? Will we make this their albatross? Will we burn this into the political memory of every voter until it flips seats?

If Democrats don’t raise holy hell—right now—we will have earned what comes next.

Stay tuned…

Jack