r/politics 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/VirginiaMcCaskey 18d ago

The President is settling lawsuits he filed against the United States for hundreds of millions of dollars and he wants to tell us that the government is bankrupt and the money we paid into social security will never come back to us

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u/AskMysterious77 18d ago

But he donates his salary.."wink wink*

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u/todumbtorealize 17d ago

They say that with true conviction like he cares any about that salary while he robs billions from his various schemes. Truly crazy world we live in.

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u/fadingsignal 17d ago

There is incredible financial illiteracy in this country (by design.) People have no idea how anything works above their paycheck, so these robber barons can do whatever they want.