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What Trump “promises” on Day X — Trump WILL take away on Day Y.
Does anyone remember all the Trump promises: “Just as soon as my Tax Audit is done … Everyone will see my Returns.” They’re perfect.
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How is that “Tax Audit” going anyways, Donald? {cough, cough}
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Someone needs to turn this next “retroactive promise double-talk” into a 30-second sound-bite ad. And then share it far and wide ...
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During an appearance on CNBC, Trump was asked if restructuring entitlement programs would ever be on his plate.
“At some point, they will be,” Trump said from Davos, Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic Forum.
Trump cited the “tremendous growth” in the economy and suggested that would make it easier to change entitlement programs.
“At the right time, we will take a look at that,” he said. “You know, that’s actually the easiest of all things.”
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Translation: Sure were going to cut Medicare and Social Security … (just don’t tell my voters that.)
Trump Promised to Protect Medicare. That’s Not What He Said Two Weeks Ago.
by Becky Z Dernbach, MotherJones — Feb 4, 2020
During his state of the union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump promised that he would protect Americans’ health care. “We will always protect your Medicare and your Social Security,” he said.
But that’s not what he said two weeks ago. During a January interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, CNBC’s Joe Kernen asked if cuts to entitlements, a euphemism for programs like Medicare and Social Security, would ever be on his agenda.
“At some point they will be,” Trump answered. “It’ll be toward the end of the year. The growth is going to be incredible. And at the right time, we will take a look at that.”
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Translation: Sure were going to cut Medicare and Social Security … (right after I get re-elected.)
Trump’s promises aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on … kind of like his IOUs.
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Kind of like those “invisible” Tax Returns:
“You know, that’s actually the easiest of all things.”
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