Trump is Fighting Two Wars: One Against Iran, One Against the U.S. Working Class

This weekend Donald Trump – despite his history of unorthodox, unprecedented actions as President – followed in the footsteps of every American President of the last two decades and unilaterally bombed another nation with no declaration of war by Congress.

At the same time, Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" comes up for a vote in the U.S. Senate. This bill reaches far beyond a budget bill and would make hidden but sweeping changes to all aspects of American government, such as stripping federal courts' authority to hold Trump's administration in contempt, as one example. But at its core, the bill is a massive theft of wealth and resources from the working class to the richest Americans. The bill would put stricter requirements on Medicaid, perhaps costing over ten million Americans their basic health coverage. It would also put further restrictions on access to SNAP benefits while shifting more responsibility to funding the program onto states. These cuts combined would total approximately $1.3 trillion less in federal spending, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. Yet the bill would simultaneously cut federal revenue gained through taxes by over twice as much, approximately $3.75 trillion.

To be clear, this bill is a robbery of the American people by the Trump administration. There are no plans to use the savings gained by cuts to implement new or more efficient means to support the poorest Americans – only a bald-faced handover of that $1.3 trillion, plus $2.5 trillion more, directly to the wealthy.

Through this bill and his attack on Iran, Donald Trump continues the bipartisan effort to fight wars around the world and at home against the poor, foreigners, and anyone who can be used as a scapegoat to turn popular sentiment away from building a movement in support of the working class. The Socialist Party urges Americans to join together in resistance to Donald Trump and the parties in Congress that excuse and accommodate his tactics. We urge all Americans to work to build local Socialist Party chapters, support Socialist candidates, and join with comrades from the growing resistance to Trumpism in support of a socialist economy, socialist foreign policy, and socialist budgets that prioritize working people over ruling class theft of our national wealth.

Passed by the SPUSA NEC 6/23/2025