No Medicare? Trump Discusses Gutting the Program His Supporters Relies On in Private

Republicans want Trump to deal with the exploding deficit by gutting the social safety net, and the president is reportedly receptive to the idea.

Republicans, said Senator John Barrasso, who seems to regularly chat with the president, have “brought it up with President Trump, who has talked about it being a second-term project.”

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NeverTrump said:

It'd be interesting to see if he takes this public, starts blasting it loud and clear like the Greenland thing, and then his baby boomer cultists start to revolt. After all, it's about what affects their wallets right?



TRUMP HAS TOLD FRIENDS THAT GUTTING MEDICARE COULD BE A FUN “SECOND-TERM PROJECT”

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NeverTrump said:

It'd be interesting to see if he takes this public, starts blasting it loud and clear like the Greenland thing, and then his baby boomer cultists start to revolt. After all, it's about what affects their wallets right?



TRUMP HAS TOLD FRIENDS THAT GUTTING MEDICARE COULD BE A FUN “SECOND-TERM PROJECT”

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Mycroft said:

Oh...another "reportedly" hit piece.

Moving on...

(in other words...not interested in non-factual bull****)

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noonereal said:

I totally believe the brain dead drones would eagerly cut medicare to the old if their fuhrer told them it was a good idea.

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President Donald Trump nodded in agreement during a Wednesday interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson when told the American Health Care Act, the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, would cause the most damage to people who voted for him in November.

During the interview, Carlson mentioned an analysis by Bloomberg that showed that counties that voted more heavily for Trump in the election would see their tax credits to purchase insurance fall dramatically and likely see the number of people without insurance increase.

"Oh, I know. I know," Trump responded. "It's very preliminary, Tucker."

According to the analysis, people in counties that voted for Trump would see $6.6 billion in annual tax cuts, while people living in counties that supported Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would get a tax break of $21.9 billion.

Additionally, since the AHCA's tax credits would be flat totals based on age instead of income and cost of living, some states would see a sharper decrease in their average premiums.

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