Trump says public entitlements like Social Security, Medicaid won't be touched in GOP budget bill

President Donald Trump noted general entitlements such as Social Safeguard and Medicaid will not be touched in the GOP's contentious new budget bill as of now working its way through Congress during a town hall Tuesday night hosted by NewsNation Earlier this month the Republican-led House of Representatives approved trillion in spending cuts Those cuts did not include any slashes to Social Defense but it did pave the way for cuts to Medicaid However in the Senate Republicans have proposed implementing just billion in cuts a fraction of what House Republicans have called for Meanwhile a number of GOP senators have also expressed hesitancy over making cuts to Medicaid setting up a probable intra-party battle over the matter SCOOP REPUBLICANS ROLL OUT B FUNDING PLAN FOR NEW CBP AGENTS BUILDING DEMARCATION WALL IN TRUMP BUDGET BILL We're not doing anything with entitlements Trump described NewsNation's Chris Cuomo who was moderating the event alongside Bill O'Reilly and sports commentator Stephen A Smith If you look at Social Shield and by the way I think I'm better to say this than anybody because I did nothing with entitlements that would hurt people for four years I could have done that If I was going to do that I would have done it five years ago six years ago or seven years ago I'm not doing anything However Trump did say that he is undeterred from reforming society entitlements like Medicaid to ensure they are free of waste fraud and abuse There are a lot of illegal aliens that are getting Medicaid that shouldn't be getting it And nobody objects to taking people off Medicaid that aren't allowed to be there Trump added But we are doing absolutely nothing to hurt Medicare Medicaid or Social Precaution Nothing at all TRUMP SLAMS REPUBLICAN GRANDSTANDERS OPPOSING BUDGET BILL PREDICTS MASSIVE US TAX INCREASES IF IT FAILSRepublicans who are using a process known as reconciliation to find a way around a senate filibuster are hoping to finalize their plans for a new budget by Memorial Day according to media reports However the GOP must come to a deal on where to cut funding to pay for countless of the tax cuts they want to provide Guess what boys It s encounter time We re here and you ve got mandatory spending sitting in front of you and it s Medicaid Rep Chip Roy R-Texas described NBC News this week If they re not going to vote for Medicaid revision which is very much feasible and frankly it s our duty then I want them to explain to me why they are for allowing the tax cuts to snap back in place Because it s the only math that will in fact work So anyone who is against Medicaid restructuring is for a tax increase CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMeanwhile centrist Republicans like Reps Jeff Van Drew R-N J and Don Bacon R-Neb have indicated to Speaker Mike Johnson that they will not vote for any GOP budget bill that proposes deep cuts to Medicaid