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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Saturday, March 14, 2026

After President Donald Trump returned to office last year, his administration announced plans to overhaul the VA, one of the largest health care systems in the country, to deliver "the highest quality care." "This administration is finally going to give the veterans what they want," VA Secretary Doug Collins said last March, as the department announced tens of thousands of job cuts. But in interview after interview, veterans across the country told ProPublica that one year into the second Trump administration it's become more difficult to get treatment, as hundreds of therapists and social workers have left the VA. Many of them have not been replaced. In January, the department had around 500 fewer psychologists and psychiatrists than it had at the same time last year, ProPublica found.

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Donald Trump denies veterans mental health care because he is mentally ill.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-14 10:09 AM | Reply

He needed them to get elected again so he could kill the Trumpstein files.

He no longer needs them.

So they're suckers and losers in his mind.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-14 10:50 AM | Reply

*** VA Finding New Insidious Ways to Deny GI Bill to Thousands of Veterans ***

The head of the VA is a USAFR Colonel and Christian Chaplain.

Link: taskandpurpose.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-14 11:26 AM | Reply

Veterans are a cost center.
Cost centers get cuts.
That's just business.
This is what Republicans voted for.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-14 11:55 AM | Reply

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#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-14 11:59 AM | Reply

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