Analysis shows Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ will add over R42-trillion to the national debt [SOUND]

# The US non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says president Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill will add 42.73-trillion-rand to the federal government’s debt over the next decade. The bill, which includes significant tax breaks and increased defence spending, was passed by the House of Representatives last month and is now under consideration in the Senate. Republican House Majority Leader, Steve Scalise, has criticised the analysis of the agency, saying it is ignoring the revenue growth that this bill will bring: