The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there’s a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened the door Monday to “cutting” spending under Social Security and Medicare, drawing swift pushback from President Joe Biden and elevating a key policy battle in the 2024 election.

Phoning into CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Trump was pressed on how he plans to resolve the long-term solvency problems of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

“So first of all, there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting,” Trump responded. “And in terms of, also, the theft and the bad management of entitlements — tremendous bad management of entitlements — there’s tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do.”

  • @[email protected]
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    98 months ago

    Happens all the time with patients I see on disability or Medicaid. I had a patient tell me last week about how his social security disability income is tight and we “need Trump back to fix things.” Yeah okay, good luck with that buddy.

    • @[email protected]
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      78 months ago

      The vast majority of people who vote right of center don’t realize they’re doing so at their own expense…

      • @Burn_The_Right
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        28 months ago

        Conservatives aren’t exactly known for their intelligence.