'Not on the road to winning': Housing bill becomes law amid Trump's meltdown over 'Save America Act' - The Weekend MS NOW

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The Bipartisan housing affordability bill officially became law after Trump refused to sign the bill until Republicans first passed his federal elections overhaul bill, “The Save America Act," but it quietly became law at midnight.

He’s also attempting to subvert the elections process by firing the last 3 members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission whose function is to help state officials with tasks relating to voting systems and registration.

President and CEO of “Voto Latino” and MS Now Contributor Maria Teresa Kumar and former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg join The Weekend to discuss. - Aired on 07/11/2026.

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1. MaddowBlog-Trump's refusal to sign the bipartisan housing bill hurts his own party for no reason

It’s as if the president spent two weeks thinking about how best to hurt the Republican Party’s strategy, and then followed that plan to the letter.

On the housing bill, it’s as if Trump spent two weeks thinking about how best to hurt his own party’s strategy for an election-season victory, and then followed that plan to the letter.

He didn’t have to screw over his allies, but in the end, he just couldn’t help himself
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-07-10T14:54:24.178Z

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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:

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.

....But as a political matter, Trump has screwed over his own allies for no reason.

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.

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

It’s as if Trump spent two weeks thinking about how best to hurt his own allies’ strategy for an election-season victory, and then followed that counterproductive plan to the letter.

trump took away an issue for the GOP and gave the Democrats a fun issue to use in the midterms. The Democrats will be happy to use this issue against the GOP