{"id":44768,"date":"2023-01-20T19:19:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/trump-warns-republicans-to-avoid-cutting-medicare-social-security-in-debt-ceiling-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:19:16","slug":"trump-warns-republicans-to-avoid-cutting-medicare-social-security-in-debt-ceiling-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/trump-warns-republicans-to-avoid-cutting-medicare-social-security-in-debt-ceiling-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump warns Republicans to avoid cutting Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"President Donald Trump\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a> warned Republicans Friday to avoid making changes to Medicare or Social Security amid the ongoing <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"debt ceiling fight.\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/20\/the-debt-ceiling-fight\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/20\/the-debt-ceiling-fight\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">debt ceiling fight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>\u201cUnder no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security,\u201d Trump said in <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"a video message posted on Truth Social.\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109722012396704089\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109722012396704089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video message posted on Truth Social.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump, who is running for president in 2024, said Republicans should instead focus on ending \u201cleft-wing gender programs from our military\u201d and the \u201cbillions being spent on climate extremism.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCut waste, fraud and abuse everywhere that we can find it and there is plenty of it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut do not cut the benefits our seniors worked for and paid for their entire lives. Save Social Security, don\u2019t destroy it.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State of play: <\/strong>The U.S. reached its $31.4 trillion <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"debt ceiling\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/17\/debt-ceiling-yellen-congress\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/17\/debt-ceiling-yellen-congress\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">debt ceiling<\/a> Thursday, the Treasury Department said. As of yet, there\u2019s <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"no sign of a deal\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/19\/debt-ceiling-fight-biden-congress-republicans\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/19\/debt-ceiling-fight-biden-congress-republicans\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">no sign of a deal<\/a> between the White House and congressional Republicans to increase the federal government\u2019s borrowing limit. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republicans have said they would not look to raise limit unless Biden makes cuts to federal spending, <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Politico\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/trump-gop-medicare-social-security-debt-ceiling-00078731\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/trump-gop-medicare-social-security-debt-ceiling-00078731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reports.<\/li>\n<li>Some House Republicans said health care programs, such as <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Medicare and Medicaid\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/13\/debt-ceiling-fight-medicare-medicaid\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/13\/debt-ceiling-fight-medicare-medicaid\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Medicare and Medicaid<\/a>, should be on the table for spending cuts, Axios\u2019 Peter Sullivan writes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More from Axios:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"The debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/20\/the-debt-ceiling-fight\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/20\/the-debt-ceiling-fight\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">The debt ceiling fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Debt ceiling fight looms over Medicare and Medicaid\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pro\/health-care-policy\/2023\/01\/12\/debt-ceiling-fight-medicare-medicaid\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pro\/health-care-policy\/2023\/01\/12\/debt-ceiling-fight-medicare-medicaid\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Debt ceiling fight looms over Medicare and Medicaid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"What to know about extraordinary measures as debt ceiling hits\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/19\/congress-debt-ceiling-extraordinary-measures\" data-vars-content-id=\"9d31befb-652f-4802-9687-8e7ae79906ff\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to GOP: Don't cut Medicare, Social Security in debt ceiling fight\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/19\/congress-debt-ceiling-extraordinary-measures\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">What to know about extraordinary measures as debt ceiling hits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-ad-status=\"NO_AD_LENGTH\" data-ad-type=\"midStoryAd\"\/><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiTGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF4aW9zLmNvbS8yMDIzLzAxLzIwL3RydW1wLW1lZGljYXJlLXNvY2lhbC1zZWN1cml0eS1kZWJ0LWNlaWxpbmfSAQA?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump warned Republicans Friday to avoid making changes to Medicare or Social Security amid the ongoing debt ceiling fight. Driving the news: \u201cUnder no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security,\u201d Trump said in a video message posted on Truth Social. Trump, who is running &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}