Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We’re fighting wars'
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Key Points:
- President Trump stated that the federal government cannot fund Medicare, Medicaid, and child care, insisting these responsibilities should fall to individual states, while the federal government focuses on military spending.
- During a private Easter luncheon, Trump accused Democratic-led states of child care fraud, claiming many daycare centers in states like Minnesota do not actually operate as such.
- Trump suggested states would need to raise taxes to cover child care costs, with the federal government potentially lowering taxes to compensate.
- Democrats criticized Trump's stance, highlighting the high cost of military operations compared to child care funding and accusing the administration of neglecting social programs.
- The Trump administration has previously frozen federal child care funds for several Democratic-led states amid fraud allegations, though investigations found no significant wrongdoing in targeted daycare centers.
