Trump: No Money for Medicare Because We Have to Fight Wars

Thursday, April 02, 2026

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it's "not possible" for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to "take care" of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending.

Posted by lee_the_agent at 01:35 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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... while the federal government focuses on military spending. ...

... and also focusing upon giving multi-trillion tax cuts to the wealthy ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-02 01:39 PM

I'm so glad I'm getting the f*&^ out of here.

This country is nothing like the one I grew up in and it's nothing close to the one that I would want my sons to grow up in.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-02 01:43 PM

"We're fighting wars. We can't take care of daycare. You got to let a state take care of daycare, and they should pay for it too. They should pay. They'll have to raise their taxes, but they should pay for it. And we could lower our taxes a little bit to them to make up," Trump said. "It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can't do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing: military protection.

"I can't get a ballroom approved. It's pretty amazing, right?" Trump also said in the speech. "If I was a king, we'd be doing a lot more. I'm doing a lot, but I could be doing a lot more if I was a king."

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#3 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-04-02 01:52 PM

There is always money for war.

Never for anything that help Americans.

This nation is fucked.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-02 01:59 PM

"It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis.

But that fat bag of transfats will keep the 2.9% medicare payroll tax though.

Asshole.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-02 02:00 PM

There is always money for war.

And illegal immigrants.

This nation is fucked.

Clearly, you haven't been paying attention. I reckon you had BidenBlinders on.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-02 02:07 PM

@# ... "I can't get a ballroom approved. It's pretty amazing, right?" ...

What is amazing to me about the ballroom fiasco is that Pres Trump apparently knew it would not be approved, so he just went ahead and tore down the East Wing of the White House so that there were few alternatives to what he wanted to do.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-02 02:12 PM

#6 | Posted by oneironaut

STFU idiot. Go step in front of a bus.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-02 02:14 PM

Trash it first then shit on the Rubble.

At least he has to live with the Mess now.

He may have to rebuild it the way it was.

That's Humiliating for a Bounder to have to do.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-02 02:16 PM

He's certainly no going to be stepping in front of any tanks in Tiananmen Square.

He's more of a fair weather Chinaman.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-02 02:33 PM