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3. Yep I'm seeing it everywhere. It serves both to cut and excuse Trump's debt
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:14 AM
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221141148

Trump Says There’s No Money for Daycare Because We Have to Fight Wars

“I said to [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought], ‘Don’t send any money for daycare because the United States can’t take care of daycare.’ That has to be up to a state. We can’t take care of daycare. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people,” Trump said. “We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare. You got to let a state take care of daycare and they should pay for it, too. They should pay. They’ll have to raise their taxes, but they should pay for it. And we could lower our taxes a little bit to them to make up.”


“It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can’t do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country. But all these little things, all these little scams that have taken place, all you have to you have to let states take care of them,” Trump continued.

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The new MAGAt buzzword [View all] EnergizedLib Thursday OP
Worship the state? No thanks. Orrex Thursday #1
I think we'd be better off for it EnergizedLib Thursday #2
That's a 100% guarantee of extremist authoritarian tyranny Orrex Thursday #5
How did that work out for Venezuela? ornotna Thursday #6
No MustLoveBeagles Thursday #22
I want to go lower than MAGAs and punish them EnergizedLib Thursday #23
I understand that but I don't think this is the way MustLoveBeagles Thursday #24
Yep I'm seeing it everywhere. It serves both to cut and excuse Trump's debt underpants Thursday #3
States can't be trusted to do the correct thing, though EnergizedLib Thursday #4
just completely appalling and disgusting... once again, he shows himself to be absolute scum LymphocyteLover Thursday #13
"Fraud" means lower income people receiving entitlements. sop Thursday #7
Exactly EnergizedLib Thursday #8
Post removed Post removed Thursday #9
I have a feeling oberle Thursday #12
s/he did not last long!!! AverageOldGuy Thursday #15
Library Girl has left the building. Stupid as she is, she'll be back for another slap down. Emile Thursday #16
Message auto-removed Name removed Yesterday #25
It's "Every Accusation is a Confession." GoCubsGo Thursday #10
it's all disgusting fascist bullshit LymphocyteLover Thursday #11
Worship the state? When anyone can take it over? That's as silly as pledging allegiance to a flag that anyone WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #14
To your larger point -- they've seen how it can be weaponized in Minnesota, so they're jumping on that train. WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #17
How about not "worshiping" anything? IrishAfricanAmerican Thursday #18
If the MAGATs are running around pointing at everybody and screaming fraud, hadEnuf Thursday #19
Guilt by accusation. What they blame others of doing is what they are actually doing. talking-liberally Thursday #20
Childish epistemology. hay rick Thursday #21
Didn't DOGE find NO Fraud? Bread and Circuses Yesterday #26
Dump's ugly face should be under the word in Websters Dictionary Blue Owl Yesterday #27
then we don't need to send them our % of tax dollars ShepKat 21 hrs ago #28
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