US EditionTrump warns House Republicans, 'Don’t f--- around with Medicaid'
- On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol to urge swift passage of a major tax and spending bill.
- The meeting followed prolonged negotiations marked by infighting over tax breaks, Medicaid, and the bill's projected $20 trillion debt increase over 10 years.
- Trump strongly warned lawmakers not to alter Medicaid except to cut waste and said party members pressing for changes risk delaying the vote.
- Trump described Republicans as “tremendously unified” but faced resistance from hard-right conservatives and moderates demanding changes, especially on SALT deductions.
- The House GOP aims for a vote by Wednesday or Thursday, but unresolved disputes and Trump's narrow House majority suggest challenges ahead for finalizing the bill.
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Is Trump Even Aware The GOP Is F-ing Around With Medicaid?
U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly used a closed-door meeting with House Republicans Tuesday to instruct them not to "fuck around with Medicaid" as the party rushes ahead with legislation that proposes the largest Medicaid cuts in American history. Trump's remarks indicate he's either unaware of the specifics of the "big, beautiful bill" that he has championed or doesn't mind the unprecedented Medicaid cuts that are currently in the text—bu…
Trump must stop union Medicaid abuse
For years now, rapidly growing taxpayer expenditures on Medicaid — a federal program established in 1965 and first sold to Americans as a health care benefit exclusively for low-income families with small children and individuals who are physically unable to work — have been major contributors to the spiraling cost of Big Government and the breathtaking expansion of the national debt. Federal taxpayers now fork over more than $600 billion annual…
What is said: do not touch Medicaid. What is not said: a budget proposal that would cut Medicaid to the soul.Trump returned to the Capitol with a clear mission: to unite his dysfunctional bench behind a megabill that mixes tax cuts, border security, defense and... Medicaid. The strategy? Hit the table and say —literally — “Don’t fuck around with Medicaid.” Okay, but...Theoretically, the president says that Medicaid isn’t played, but its budget p…
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