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(94,302 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:53 PM Wednesday

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

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

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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' [View all] bigtree Wednesday OP

Stop wasting my tax dollars on this meaningless war. walkingman Wednesday #1

But yesterday his SOS Rubio said... leftstreet Wednesday #2

Israel enid602 Wednesday #4

A quote like that is a gift, if one knows how to use it. RockRaven Wednesday #3

Exactly What I Thought, Too ProfessorGAC Wednesday #5

So we ARE AT WAR. TRAITOR!!! chowder66 Wednesday #6

Now, THERE'S a "pep talk" to take us into Midterm Elections. no_hypocrisy Wednesday #7

Zing!! littlemissmartypants Wednesday #11

All he had to do was to say no to Netanyahu - and to tell Netanyahu to fight his own damn wars dalton99a Wednesday #8

Not to mention spending $100 million on Trump's golfing @ his own courses which he gets much of that Botany Wednesday #9

Yep! We love our guy! MyOwnPeace Wednesday #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 Wednesday #10

Grandma's life is a small price to pay to lose to Iran...nt Wounded Bear Wednesday #12

Maybe you can't walk and chew gum at the same time WestMichRad Wednesday #13

I hope he talks about this in his speech tonight senseandsensibility Wednesday #14

IMPEACH him, dammit. Just IMPEACH him. Joinfortmill Wednesday #15

NEWSFLASH, RUMP. You WEREN'T B.See Wednesday #16

Oh, and have I EVER SAID THIS BEFORE???? a kennedy Wednesday #17

He is campaigning for Democrats with that message Renew Deal Wednesday #18

We weren't fighting a war before you got your fat ass in office. Baitball Blogger Wednesday #19

Mega-wealthy totalitarian warmongers who fuck kids... sop Wednesday #20

Crass ass BeneteauBum Wednesday #21

Can we move the midterm elections blue-wave Wednesday #22

But Trump promised! Aussie105 Wednesday #23

I know it's not a 'biggie' for the whole country...... MyOwnPeace Wednesday #29

That's been the mentality for decades. Trump is just so artless and crude... keep_left Wednesday #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 Wednesday #25

A zillion No Kings signs BigmanPigman Wednesday #26

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