Tucker Points Out Trump Is Doing The Opposite Of What He Ran On

“Let’s see, he might start by proposing more than half a billion dollars in Medicare cuts. That’s something that nobody outside the libertarian symposia circuit really wants to see. Then he’d slash funding for the E-Verify program that would allow companies to keep hiring illegal alien labor in violation of a key campaign promise,” Carlson said, referring to a series of ideas people in Trump’s world floated recently.

Carlson also suggested Trump could “release a bunch of drug dealers back onto the streets” in the middle of the drug epidemic, and continue military intervention in Syria.

Trump’s 2020 budget proposal suggested cuts to governmental programs. In particular, the president is seeking a roughly $1.9 trillion cut to programs, including major cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.

He added: “You’d raise gas taxes. In fact, the administration is proposing just that. According to news reports, the White House is negotiating with Democrats to hike taxes on gasoline in order to fund ‘infrastructure.’ This is one of those ideas that everyone in Washington loves. It costs them nothing … If you live outside the coastal cities and you’re not rich, higher gas prices are a disaster.”

Trump supported a 25-cent-per-gallon hike in the gas tax, media reports from 2018 show. Trump also said he was “open to other ways” to pay for a major infrastructure build-out. Republican lawmakers generally oppose gas tax hike proposals, with some saying it would punish Americans’ pocketbooks. A 25-cent gas tax hike would increase the tax from 18.3 cents to 43.3 cents per gallon.

#Thread Linking articles to each of Tucker Carlson's points:

"He might start by proposing more than half a billion dollars in medicare cuts. That's something nobody outside the libertarian symposium circuit really wants to see."https://t.co/opAlx63Uhs

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) April 5, 2019

3/ "After that he'd announce we're bringing in even more unskilled workers. That would push down the wages of the people who voted for him, the most vulnerable group in the country." https://t.co/zPVbR0obMm

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) April 5, 2019

5/ "He'd continue our pointless military intervention in Syria. Which in no way benefits the United States."https://t.co/nWIXr8PgNV

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) April 5, 2019