Trump: Federal Government Needs To Prioritise Funding Military Over Healthcare

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Donald Trump has said nan national authorities should not salary for services for illustration Medicaid, Medicare aliases time attraction arsenic it request to prioritise “fighting wars”.

Speaking during a backstage Easter luncheon astatine nan White House connected Wednesday (1 April), nan US president said it should beryllium up to nan states to “take care” of nan provisions whilst nan government focuses connected Iran.

"We can't return attraction of time care. You sewage to fto a authorities return attraction of time care. And they should salary for it, too. They should pay. They'll person to raise their taxes, but they should salary for it,” he said.

He added that nan national authorities should besides not salary for Medicaid aliases Medicare. “We person to return attraction of 1 thing: subject protection. We person to defender nan country.”