Donald Trump warned Tuesday that if the Democrats don’t approve funding, there are dangers to the future of Social Security and Medicare.

Trump said at a press conference that when he asked Democrats for feedback on the funding bills, one said, “It means death.”

“There’s nothing about death,” Trump said. “Theirs is death because they’re going to lose Medicaid, they’re going to lose Social Security, they’re going to lose Medicare, all of those things are going to be gone because the whole country would be bankrupt, and you’re not going to have any kind of medical insurance.”

  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    If the country goes bankrupt I don’t have to pay taxes anymore. Then I could pay cash for my medical, and skip the insurance premiums. With the savings I could fund 10 people’s healthcare and still have a ton leftover to pay extra state taxes to have the federal roads maintained…