Trump Addresses Liberal Spin On Whether He'll Gut Entitlements

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump participated in a town hall hosted by NewsNation's Chris Cuomo.
44% : President Donald Trump pushed back on NewsNation Wednesday against claims from the left that he intends to slash entitlement programs.
40% : In reality, the resolution outlines general spending goals without enacting any policy changes, and it makes no mention of Medicaid whatsoever.
40% : "99% of House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid so they can lower taxes for the richest 1%," Jayapal wrote on X. "They're showing you exactly who they're working for.
35% : "We're not doing anything with entitlements, and if you look at Social Security, and, by the way, I think I'm better to say this than anybody because I did nothing with entitlements that would hurt people for four years," Trump told Cuomo.
33% : Still, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal took to X to accuse Republicans of cutting Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.
29% : "We are doing absolutely nothing to hurt Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security, nothing at all," Trump said.
29% : When pressed, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries could not identify any provision in the resolution that directly targeted Medicaid.
26% : You say don't talk about waste, fraud, and abuse," Trump said.
25% : Fraud, Child Sex Changes, Healthcare For Illegals -- Dems Spent Years Expanding Medicaid Beyond Recognition) Democrats accused House Republicans of voting to gut Medicaid after passing a budget resolution, but they failed to offer any concrete evidence to back the claim.
23% : There are a lot of illegal aliens that are getting Medicaid that shouldn't be getting it, and nobody objects to taking people off Medicaid that aren't allowed to be there.
22% : Trump said that his only focus is on eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse, which are issues he said Democrats are deliberately conflating with benefit cuts.
17% : " Doubling down, Trump flatly rejected the idea that any cuts to core programs were on the table.
17% : CNN host Boris Sanchez fact-checked her on air and clarified that Trump had made no such proposal and that her accusations lacked evidence.
6% : " Even CNN corrected Jayapal after she falsely claimed Trump called for cuts to Medicaid.
5% : Trump said he has no plans to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, calling such speculation a dishonest political narrative.

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