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.”

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    It’s a warning in the same sense as someone warns that your building might burn down if you don’t pay protection money.

    Most of his mind might be gone, but the extortion part is still operative.