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bigtree

(94,269 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:53 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump says 'we' can't take care of Medicare and Medicaid because, 'we're fighting wars'

Headquarters @HQNewsNow 1h
Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country, we have 50 states, all these people, we're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things

x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2039450766558044367



Katherine Clark @TeamKClark 53m
Read that again.

He’s openly calling to cut your health care to fund his war with Iran.


Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen
Over 400 hospitals across America are at risk of closure or cutting services directly as a result of Medicaid cuts in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill.

Trump's $1 TRILLION Medicaid cut helped finance $1 TRILLION in tax cuts just for the top 1%.

This monstrosity must be reversed.



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Trump says 'we' can't take care of Medicare and Medicaid because, 'we're fighting wars' (Original Post) bigtree 12 hrs ago OP
Stop wasting my tax dollars on this meaningless war. walkingman 12 hrs ago #1
But yesterday his SOS Rubio said... leftstreet 12 hrs ago #2
Israel enid602 11 hrs ago #4
A quote like that is a gift, if one knows how to use it. RockRaven 12 hrs ago #3
Exactly What I Thought, Too ProfessorGAC 11 hrs ago #5
So we ARE AT WAR. TRAITOR!!! chowder66 11 hrs ago #6
Now, THERE'S a "pep talk" to take us into Midterm Elections. no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #7
Zing!! littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #11
All he had to do was to say no to Netanyahu - and to tell Netanyahu to fight his own damn wars dalton99a 11 hrs ago #8
Not to mention spending $100 million on Trump's golfing @ his own courses which he gets much of that Botany 11 hrs ago #9
Yep! We love our guy! MyOwnPeace 9 hrs ago #28
It's a war. It's not a war. It's an excursion. It's a war again. Then not....... It keeps changing with the wind. Norrrm 11 hrs ago #10
Grandma's life is a small price to pay to lose to Iran...nt Wounded Bear 10 hrs ago #12
Maybe you can't walk and chew gum at the same time WestMichRad 10 hrs ago #13
I hope he talks about this in his speech tonight senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #14
IMPEACH him, dammit. Just IMPEACH him. Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #15
NEWSFLASH, RUMP. You WEREN'T B.See 10 hrs ago #16
Oh, and have I EVER SAID THIS BEFORE???? a kennedy 10 hrs ago #17
He is campaigning for Democrats with that message Renew Deal 10 hrs ago #18
We weren't fighting a war before you got your fat ass in office. Baitball Blogger 9 hrs ago #19
Mega-wealthy totalitarian warmongers who fuck kids... sop 9 hrs ago #20
Crass ass BeneteauBum 9 hrs ago #21
Can we move the midterm elections blue-wave 9 hrs ago #22
But Trump promised! Aussie105 9 hrs ago #23
I know it's not a 'biggie' for the whole country...... MyOwnPeace 8 hrs ago #29
That's been the mentality for decades. Trump is just so artless and crude... keep_left 9 hrs ago #24
If he can't even run one country, why the hell does he want to take over a bunch of others? n/t Emrys 9 hrs ago #25
A zillion No Kings signs BigmanPigman 9 hrs ago #26
🙏+ 🤞 ➡️ 🍊💩🤡 ➡️ ⚰ + 🪦 ➡️ 🥳 🎉 🥳 ColoringFool 9 hrs ago #27

leftstreet

(40,683 posts)
2. But yesterday his SOS Rubio said...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:57 PM
12 hrs ago
Rubio: “Imagine if instead of spending billions on weapons, Iran spent that money on its people. They’d have a much different country.”


I'm so confused

enid602

(9,687 posts)
4. Israel
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
11 hrs ago

The WHO is making plans to deal with expected food insecurity and no working water processing pants in Israel

dalton99a

(94,140 posts)
8. All he had to do was to say no to Netanyahu - and to tell Netanyahu to fight his own damn wars
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:23 PM
11 hrs ago

Botany

(77,324 posts)
9. Not to mention spending $100 million on Trump's golfing @ his own courses which he gets much of that
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:45 PM
11 hrs ago

money back to him in the end too.

Norrrm

(5,059 posts)
10. It's a war. It's not a war. It's an excursion. It's a war again. Then not....... It keeps changing with the wind.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:59 PM
11 hrs ago

WestMichRad

(3,255 posts)
13. Maybe you can't walk and chew gum at the same time
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:44 PM
10 hrs ago

… but most of us can, you *hole. And your blowing through American taxpayers’ money on unapproved stupid objectives isn’t an acceptable excuse for trashing the social progress that has been achieved here over the last century.

B.See

(8,505 posts)
16. NEWSFLASH, RUMP. You WEREN'T
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:54 PM
10 hrs ago

TAKING CARE OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FROM THE GET.

But nice try tho.


Aussie105

(7,927 posts)
23. But Trump promised!
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:40 PM
9 hrs ago

Does he not care today what he promised yesterday?

And the price of gas, the price of eggs? Big, beautiful coal? Your coal mining jobs are safe! All promises forgotten so soon?

(Rhetorical question really.)

The fluidity of thinking in someone in mental decay is a horror to see.

MyOwnPeace

(17,564 posts)
29. I know it's not a 'biggie' for the whole country......
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:05 PM
8 hrs ago

but that SOB told the people of Lordstown (in Ohio - former GM plant) to NOT sell their homes and move to find work - HE was gonna' bring back the plant and (try not to gag) Make America Great Again!
It all went down the drain and they were F**KED again! (way to go, Ohio - you voted him in!)

keep_left

(3,211 posts)
24. That's been the mentality for decades. Trump is just so artless and crude...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:41 PM
9 hrs ago

...that it seems much more shocking now. But the far-right in this country really can't be bothered to care about health care for poor people (or even for middle-class people). My political shorthand for it: "community = communism". I actually heard a politician say that a few years ago (I wish I could remember who it was).

Emrys

(9,101 posts)
25. If he can't even run one country, why the hell does he want to take over a bunch of others? n/t
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:49 PM
9 hrs ago

BigmanPigman

(55,171 posts)
26. A zillion No Kings signs
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:51 PM
9 hrs ago

featured his agenda regarding healthcare/war. People are pissed off and tRump just twisted the knife. He is an April FOOL!!!!!

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