President Trump suggested to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that if the Democrats force a government shutdown, he will take “irreversible” measures to implement his agenda.
“The last person that wants it shut down is us. Now, with that being said, we can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,” Trump said.
“They’re taking a risk by having a shutdown,” he added, pointing to the waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars that he plans to cut.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the government is expected to shut down tonight because the Democrats refuse to vote for a stopgap bill unless they can secure $1.5 trillion in spending that will fund healthcare for illegal aliens and sex reassignment surgery for children.
Breitbart’s Nick Gilbertson asked the President for his thoughts on the political absurdity of Democrats attempting to shut the government down to give illegal aliens free healthcare.
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Gilbertson: What does it say about the state of the Democrat party when they have a 33% favorability rating on average in recent months, and they’re willing to shut down the government over healthcare for illegals?
Trump: They are shutting it down. We’re not shutting it down. We don’t want it to shut down because we have the greatest period of time ever. I told you, we have $17 trillion being invested. So the last person that wants it shut down is us. Now, with that being said, we can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like.
And you all know, Russell Vought. He’s become very popular recently because he can trim the budget to a level that he couldn’t do any other way. So, they’re taking a risk by having a shutdown. Because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits— we can get large numbers of people. We don’t want to do that, but we don’t want fraud, waste and abuse. And, you know, we’re cutting that.
But they want to have illegal aliens come into our country and get massive health care at the cost to everybody else. And we won’t have it. And that’s, I would say, the number one reason that they want to strike is to get illegal immigrants health care. And you know, Gavin Newsom wants that too in California, and it’s destroying California. We can’t have that. We’re not gonna have that.
President Trump announced a deal with Pfizer that will provide Americans with heavily discounted prescription drugs at most-favored-nation prices. Many of Pfizer’s brand-name medications will now be discounted at rates of up to 80%.
Previously, in May, Trump signed an executive order laying the groundwork for deals like this by directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, and the U.S. Trade Representative to take “aggressive measures” to find Americans the best deal on prescription drugs.
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