The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there’s a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened the door Monday to “cutting” spending under Social Security and Medicare, drawing swift pushback from President Joe Biden and elevating a key policy battle in the 2024 election.
Phoning into CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Trump was pressed on how he plans to resolve the long-term solvency problems of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
“So first of all, there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting,” Trump responded. “And in terms of, also, the theft and the bad management of entitlements — tremendous bad management of entitlements — there’s tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do.”
Telling your core voting block you’re gonna take money away from them is a bold strategy.
Don’t worry, they haven’t exactly been paying attention
“I hope he hurts the right people this time”.
If they understood basic English and any economic theory they would be incredibly uninterested anyway because their in a cult.
Fox news will never report this so they’ll never know
Remember: He’s god to them. He could promise to make food illegal and they’d kill each other for the chance to suck him off for it.
It’s the Dan Crenshaw Gambit.
“We need to cut social security for everyone under 55 so we can keep it going for everyone over 55”.
And then let them fight.