Former president Trump warned his party to avoid cuts to Medicare and Social Security, putting him at odds with House Republicans who are pushing for major reductions in the entitlement programs and others in exchange for raising the nation’s debt limit.
Contrary to Trump’s claims, the national deficit grew substantially during his tenure, in part due to tax cuts passed in 2017 at his urging by the Republican-led Congress. In fact, the national debt rose by nearly $7.8 trillion while Trump was in office.
Democrats, including Biden, seized on a plan issued by Sen. Rick Scott that called for requiring all legislation to be renewed every five years — or wiped off the books. Democrats stressed that Social Security and Medicare were created by legislation. During the 2016 campaign, Trump was critical of then-Rep. Paul D. Ryan , the 2012 GOP vice-presidential nominee, for pushing for changes to Medicare and Social Security.Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 presidential election on his running mate. Trump said that Romney was hurt by Ryan’s previous calls to change Social Security and other entitlement programs for the elderly.
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