WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump has always put his own interests ahead of those of the American people – and this week is a prime example as he pushes his business interests at home and abroad while Republicans in Congress mark up legislation to raise costs on working Americans to pay for tax cuts for Trump’s billionaire buddies. In response, Defend America Action Senior Spokesperson Rodericka Applewhaite released the following statement:
“Today’s headlines form a stark split-screen only Trump and his MAGA allies could achieve: President Trump is set to accept a $400 million bribe in the form of a plane all while he flies off to the Middle East to manage his private business interests worth billions in countries linked to U.S. adversaries. Stateside, at Trump’s direction, Republican lawmakers debate not whether but how severely to slash essential health and food services for vulnerable seniors and children so they can line the pockets of millionaires and billionaires. Donald Trump and his Republican allies have no boundaries when it comes to abusing their power to benefit themselves and their rich friends and donors while forcing working-class Americans to take it on the chin.”
KEY FACTS
- President Trump is set to accept a massive foreign gift from Qatar: a luxury Qatari jet worth $400 million, originally purchased for use by the Qatari royal family, saying he would be “stupid” not to accept it.
- Trump is in the Middle East visiting three countries the Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals with, including Qatar.
- Just yesterday, the top 220 buyers of Trump’s cryptocurrency won access to an exclusive dinner with the president as a reward for bankrolling his multi-billion-dollar grift.
- The GOP budget bill pushed by Trump and Republicans in Congress would cause costs to skyrocket for working Americans:
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- The budget would enact the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, forcing rural hospitals to close and causing nearly 14 million Americans to lose coverage.
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- The budget would raise premiums and out-of-pocket costs for tens of millions of people who buy health care coverage on their own.
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- The budget will slash billions in food assistance and shift SNAP costs to states, increasing poverty across the country.
- The GOP budget bill cuts benefits for working Americans to pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts for billionaires.
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