Donald Trump Confirms Project 2025 Agenda for Second Term: Gut the ACA, Threaten Social Security, and Hike Costs for Working Families
(DNC War Room) — In response to Donald Trump laying out his extreme agenda for his second term, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:
“Donald Trump is telling the American people exactly what he’ll try in his second term: gut the Affordable Care Act, put hard-earned benefits like Social Security at risk, and hike costs for working families. Hardworking Americans deserve a leader who will look out for them – not Trump’s out-of-touch plans to make life worse. When Trump tries to put his extreme and dangerous plan into action, Democrats will fight back every step of the way.”
Donald Trump laid out his extreme Project 2025 agenda for his second term, sharing his “concepts of a plan” to repeal the Affordable Care Act, put Social Security at risk, and raise costs for hard working Americans.
Kristen Welker: “Economists of all stripes say that ultimately, consumers pay the price of tariffs.”
Donald Trump: “Yeah, I don’t believe that.”
Welker: “Can you guarantee American families won’t pay more?”
Trump: “I can’t guarantee anything. I can’t guarantee tomorrow.”
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Welker: “Sir, you said during the campaign, you have concepts of a plan. Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care?”
Trump: “Yes. We have concepts of a plan that would be better.”
Welker: “Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?”
Trump: “Let me explain. We have the biggest health care companies looking at it. We have doctors. We’re always looking because Obamacare stinks. It’s lousy. There are better answers. If we come up with a better answer, I would present that answer to Democrats and to everybody else, and I’d do something about it.”
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Welker: “You’ve tapped Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, to head up this department of government efficiency-”
Trump: “Correct.”
Welker: “-which proposes cuts to the federal government. I think a lot of people hear that and get concerned about Medicare and Social Security.”
Trump: “Not going to have anything to do–”
Welker: “-and defense spending. You won’t touch medicare, social security–”
Trump: “We are talking about- we are talking about theft, abuse, fraud. I said, no, we’re not talking Social Security, other than we might make it more efficient, but the people will get what they get.”
Trump’s economic agenda includes a disastrous $100 billion national tax that would cost Americans an extra $1,000 a year, and raise costs drastically on energy, cars, and groceries.
“Former President Donald Trump once backed raising the retirement age to 70 and called for privatizing Social Security which he called a ‘Ponzi scheme’”
