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MaddowBlog-Pointing to the Iran war's cost, Trump abandons his pre-election promises about day care
“We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of day care,” the president said. Trump touted a very different position in the run-up to Election Day 2024.
In the runup to Election Day 2024, Trump repeatedly claimed he was prepared to help families with daycare costs.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-02T14:23:18.827Z
Seventeen months later, he’s arrived at a very different position: “We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of daycare.â€
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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pointing-to-the-iran-wars-cost-trump-abandons-his-pre-election-promises-about-daycare
During Donald Trump’s remarks at an Easter lunch reception at the White House, the president wasn’t asked for his position on helping American families cover the costs of day care, but he took some time to pontificate on the subject anyway.
“I said to [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought], ‘Don’t send any money for day care, because the United States can’t take care of day care.’ That has to be up to a state,” the Republican said. “We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of day care. You got to let a state take care of day care, and they should pay for it, too. They should pay.”
......As part of that exchange, Trump appeared to suggest that he expected his trade tariffs to generate so much revenue that it could help cover day care costs. “As much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it’s, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in,” he concluded.
A month later, with early voting underway across most of the country, Trump also participated in a town hall event on Fox News with an audience made up entirely of women voters, one of whom talked about how difficult it was for her family to afford day care costs.
The candidate conceded that the existing system is “really not fair” and pledged to help families cover debilitating child care costs if elected to a second term.
That was just a few weeks before Election Day — when the Republican candidate was still talking about “putting America first” and avoiding costly foreign interventions. Seventeen months later, Trump hasn’t just forgotten about those assurances, he’s also turned his ostensible priorities inside out.
“I said to [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought], ‘Don’t send any money for day care, because the United States can’t take care of day care.’ That has to be up to a state,” the Republican said. “We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of day care. You got to let a state take care of day care, and they should pay for it, too. They should pay.”
Trump: "The US can't take of daycare. That has to be up to a state. We're fighting wars. Medicaid, Medicare -- they can do it on a state basis. We have to take care of one thing: military protection. But all these little scams that have taken place, you have to let states take care of them."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-01T22:47:32.437Z
......As part of that exchange, Trump appeared to suggest that he expected his trade tariffs to generate so much revenue that it could help cover day care costs. “As much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it’s, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in,” he concluded.
A month later, with early voting underway across most of the country, Trump also participated in a town hall event on Fox News with an audience made up entirely of women voters, one of whom talked about how difficult it was for her family to afford day care costs.
The candidate conceded that the existing system is “really not fair” and pledged to help families cover debilitating child care costs if elected to a second term.
That was just a few weeks before Election Day — when the Republican candidate was still talking about “putting America first” and avoiding costly foreign interventions. Seventeen months later, Trump hasn’t just forgotten about those assurances, he’s also turned his ostensible priorities inside out.
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