Trump’s Fake Numbers Are Quickly Backfiring in His Face

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

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Trump will have to cut cherished Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare in order to give the rich tax cuts and to fund his depraved immigration deportation plan, according to a new report issued by the independent Congressional Budget Office, meaning Democratic Rep. Al Green, dragged from the Joint Session speech, was right. Popok reports on the math that just doesn’t add up and what voters should do about it. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Well, apparently, Congressman Al Green, who was dragged from the House when he shouted,
1:05.6	you don't have a mandate to cut Medicaid, was right because we have a new report by the Congressional Budget Office,
1:13.6	which is a nonpartisan independent group that evaluates budget issues for Congress,
1:19.6	that is told MAGA, Congress, and Trump in no uncertain terms that they'll never reach their $1.3 trillion budget cut number to pay for Donald Trump's
1:30.8	tax cuts for the wealthy and his deportation program for immigration without cutting into Medicare,
1:37.6	Medicaid, and children's health insurance program. There's just no way to do it. And we know there's no mandate for the American
1:45.8	people and the poorest of Americans, mainly in red states, to give up their Medicaid and Medicare
1:51.5	that gives them dignity concerning their health care decisions. I'm Michael Popock. You're on
1:58.5	Midas Touch Network and on Legal AF. Let's get to the bottom of it. Donald Trump is trying
2:04.1	to lead Congress into approving a $1.5 trillion budget cut of existing services among all of the various
2:12.4	branches of government, meaning hardest hit would be those that are under the Commerce Department and the Energy Department.
2:19.8	The problem is there's not enough spending or budget items under those two departments to come
2:27.6	anywhere close to the $1.5 trillion he apparently needs Trump in order to pay for his immigration
2:33.9	program and for his tax cuts for the wealthy.
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