Trump Says Public Entitlements Like Social Security, Medicaid Won't Be Touched In Gop Budget Bill

President Donald Trump said nationalist entitlements, specified arsenic Social Security and Medicaid, will not beryllium touched successful nan GOP's contentious caller fund measure presently moving its measurement done Congress, during a municipality hallway Tuesday nighttime hosted by NewsNation.

Earlier this month, nan Republican-led House of Representatives approved $2 trillion successful spending cuts. Those cuts did not see immoderate slashes to Social Security, but it did pave nan measurement for cuts to Medicaid. 

However, successful nan Senate, Republicans person projected implementing conscionable $4 cardinal successful cuts, a fraction of what House Republicans person called for. Meanwhile, a number of GOP senators person besides expressed hesitancy complete making cuts to Medicaid, mounting up a imaginable intra-party conflict complete nan matter.

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"We're not doing thing pinch entitlements," Trump told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo, who was moderating nan arena alongside Bill O'Reilly and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith.

"We're not doing thing pinch entitlements," Trump told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo, who was moderating nan arena alongside Bill O'Reilly and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith. (GETTY IMAGES/FOX NEWS)

"If you look astatine Social Security – and by nan measurement – I deliberation I'm amended to opportunity this than anybody, because I did thing pinch entitlements that would wounded group for 4 years. I could person done that. If I was going to do that, I would person done it, 5 years ago, six years agone aliases 7 years ago. I'm not doing anything." 

However, Trump did opportunity that he is undeterred from reforming nationalist entitlements, for illustration Medicaid, to guarantee they are free of waste, fraud and abuse. 

"There are a batch of illegal aliens that are getting Medicaid that shouldn't beryllium getting it. And cipher objects to taking group disconnected Medicaid that aren't allowed to beryllium there," Trump added. "But we are doing perfectly thing to wounded Medicare, Medicaid aliases Social Security. Nothing astatine all."

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Republicans, who are utilizing a process known arsenic reconciliation to bypass a legislature filibuster, are hoping to finalize their plans for a caller fund by Memorial Day, according to media reports.

Republicans, who are utilizing a process known arsenic reconciliation to bypass a legislature filibuster, are hoping to finalize their plans for a caller fund by Memorial Day, according to media reports. However, nan GOP must travel to a woody connected wherever to trim backing to salary for galore of nan taxation cuts they want to provide. 

"Guess what, boys? It’s crippled time. We’re here, and you’ve sewage mandatory spending sitting successful beforehand of you, and it’s Medicaid," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told NBC News this week. "If they’re not going to ballot for Medicaid reform, which is very overmuch possible, and frankly, it’s our duty, past I want them to explicate to maine why they are for allowing nan taxation cuts to threat backmost successful place. Because it’s nan only mathematics that will really work. So anyone who is against Medicaid betterment is for a taxation increase."

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Meanwhile, centrist Republicans for illustration Reps. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., person indicated to Speaker Mike Johnson that they will not ballot for immoderate GOP fund measure that proposes heavy cuts to Medicaid.