Trump Promises Republicans Will Not Cut Social Security, Medicare: Will Not Be ‘Read My Lips’

Instead, he insists Republicans will eliminate ‘fraud’ and ‘abuse.’

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President Trump delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 at Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

President Trump is promising that his “one big beautiful” bill to push through his agenda will not touch Social Security or Medicare and Medicaid.

At the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, Mr. Trump was asked about a budget resolution passed by the House that would extend his 2017 tax cuts, increase the debt limit, and aim to cut $2 trillion in federal spending. Democrats and multiple news outlets have suggested Republicans would have to make deep cuts to programs like Medicaid to accomplish their goal.

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