Donald Trump recently claimed that the country can’t afford to take care of daycare and Medicare amid the ongoing war with Iran. Trump made the statement while speaking at the Easter lunch at the White House on Wednesday. The United States has been at war with Iran for a month after Trump launched a military operation in February.
Donald Trump admits there’s no money for daycare and Medicare
Donald Trump recently hosted the Easter lunch at the White House when he announced that the US is out of money for handling daycare and Medicare due to the Iran war.
As the war between the US and Iran continues, Trump called on all states in his speech on Wednesday to manage their daycare needs, as the federal government “can’t take care” of them. According to The Daily Beast, he said, “We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people, we’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare. You’ve got to let a state take care of daycare, and they should pay for it too. Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can’t do it on a federal [level].”
Furthermore, Trump added that the government is responsible for only one thing: “military protection.” He termed daycare and Medicare as “little scams” and asserted, “All these little things, you have to let states take care of them.”
The Iran war continues to rage on, and Trump has not announced an ending date. However, at the Easter lunch, he conveyed that he understands that US citizens want the war to end. Trump disclosed that he desires to take Iran’s oil, but the “people in the country sort of say, ‘Just win. You’re winning so big. Just win. Come home.’ And I’m okay with that too” (via Business Today).
Originally reported by Ishita Verma on Mandatory.
