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bigtree

(94,358 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:53 PM Apr 1

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

leftstreet

(40,922 posts)
2. But yesterday his SOS Rubio said...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:57 PM
Apr 1
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

(9,710 posts)
4. Israel
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Apr 1

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

dalton99a

(94,398 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
Apr 1

Botany

(77,434 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
Apr 1

money back to him in the end too.

Norrrm

(5,151 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
Apr 1

WestMichRad

(3,285 posts)
13. Maybe you can't walk and chew gum at the same time
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:44 PM
Apr 1

… 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

(8,548 posts)
16. NEWSFLASH, RUMP. You WEREN'T
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:54 PM
Apr 1

TAKING CARE OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FROM THE GET.

But nice try tho.


Aussie105

(7,966 posts)
23. But Trump promised!
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:40 PM
Apr 1

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

(17,575 posts)
29. I know it's not a 'biggie' for the whole country......
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:05 PM
Apr 1

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
Apr 1

...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

(9,137 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
Apr 1

BigmanPigman

(55,239 posts)
26. A zillion No Kings signs
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:51 PM
Apr 1

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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