Trump suggested Medicare and Social Security are the 'easiest' things to cut. Democrats pounced.
President Trump backtracked Wednesday on his 2016 campaign promise to protect funding for entitlements like Medicare and Social Security, suggesting in an interview with CNBC that he would be open to slashing "at some point" them since they're "the easiest" thing to cut.
Well, unsurprisingly, that didn't sit well with his Democratic opponents, who quickly pounced on the comment.
OOPS. Trump just told on himself.
He said he's looking to cut your Medicare and Social Security because it's "the easiest of all things" to cut. pic.twitter.com/ef2cDXUJUu
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) January 22, 2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is one of the leading candidates in the Democratic presidential primary, used Trump's words to call for an expansion of such programs, while the House Ways and Means Committee called the suggestion "unacceptable." Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) thinks it's a warning from Trump that people should take seriously.
Trump is in court trying to destroy the ACA and steal your health care.
That's not all.
He's openly admitting that if he's re-elected he'll go after Social Security and Medicare next. Believe him.https://t.co/5kLX4TOosy
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) January 22, 2020
Trump's reasoning for possibly cutting entitlements is that the trajectory of the country's economic growth could one day allow for it. But don't expect that to change any minds on the other side of the political aisle.
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