Reuters reports:
Donald Trump laid out some of his financial priorities on Monday and defended his planned 10% across-the-board tariffs, saying any resulting price increase for families could be offset by tax cuts and calling for his 2017 tax cuts to be extended.
The Republican U.S. presidential candidate, speaking in an interview on CNBC, also called for action on popular U.S. entitlement programs, including cuts, and indicated he was not likely to curb use of cryptocurrencies.
Asked about Medicare, Social Security and Medicare programs and the nation’s spending and deficits, Trump told CNBC: “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management.”
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Not on my watch. https://t.co/RAHjjUlGDa
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Here is a montage of Trump calling to cut Social Security and Medicare (including this morning) pic.twitter.com/PoPSH9FLqY
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Q: Does it matter to you that your chaos caused America’s credit rating to be downgraded?
Trump: *dodges question, refuses to temper his language* pic.twitter.com/DqTxB2TTZf
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