Trump Pledges Entitlement Cuts

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Trump Pledges Entitlement Cuts

March 5, 2020 at 7:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 56 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/05/trump-pledges-entitlement-cuts/

"SNIP.....

President Trump was asked at a Fox News town hall meeting if he’ll address entitlement spending to deal with the country’s burgeoning debt.

His response: “Oh, we’ll be cutting.”

.......SNIP"

[Frances]

1. Someone should suggest this for an ad

[madinmaryland]

3. Bloomberg will be trolling this comment. Fuck tRump!

[Roland99]

2. Video...

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

4. Bloomberg should make ads with this clip & spread them far & wide. nt

[spanone]

5. He admitted in Davos he would go after social security, medicare & medicaid

Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,' Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare

"It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And at the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that's actually the easiest of all things, if you look, cause it's such a big percentage."

While attending the World Economic Forum's summit of global elites in the Swiss mountaintop retreat of Davos on Wednesday, President Donald Trump openly admitted he would—if reelected in 2020—consider cutting back funding for key social programs including Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/22/hobnobbing-billionaires-davos-trump-admits-if-reelected-he-will-seek-cut-social

[Miles Archer]

6. ...and he denied it as soon as it went public, as he will with this latest remark.

He'll somehow attribute it to "fake news," even though it's a direct quote.