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BumRushDaShow

(170,156 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 02:30 PM 3 hrs ago

Hillary Clinton knocks Trump on affordability, highlights 'kid's agenda'

Source: The Hill

04/09/26 1:14 PM ET


Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rebuked President Trump for his 2027 budget proposal and warned of negative ramifications for families in a new op-ed published in The New York Times on Thursday.

The $1.5 trillion request, which comes amid the Trump administration’s strikes against Iran, suggests bolstered funding for defense spending and $73 billion in cuts to housing, health care, social services and other nondefense programs.

Clinton criticized the president’s comment during a private Easter brunch that his administration is “fighting wars” and “can’t take care of daycare.” “This isn’t surprising coming from a president who has dismissed America’s affordability crisis as a ‘hoax’ and a ‘con job,’” Clinton wrote. “For most parents, the crunch is all too real. Our kids will pay the price for the president’s indifference.”

Trump’s former presidential challenger cited rising costs of childcare in the U.S. in her argument against the administration’s proposed cuts.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5824020-clinton-rebukes-trump-budget/



Link (gift) to NYT OP Ed - Hillary Clinton: How to Fix Affordability
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Hillary Clinton knocks Trump on affordability, highlights 'kid's agenda' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago OP
Fine. But I wish more people would stop dealing with TSF only via policy battles and start talking about wiggs 2 hrs ago #1
His continual mental health issues have generally been relegated to the more "tabloid" sites BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #2
Hillary Clinton was and is correct blue-wave 1 hr ago #3

wiggs

(8,823 posts)
1. Fine. But I wish more people would stop dealing with TSF only via policy battles and start talking about
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 03:35 PM
2 hrs ago

how his mental and emotional disorders have led to reckless and disastrous situations in every policy area! He is incapable of making decisions that benefit the US! He is:

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on the economy and tariffs

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on relationships with allies

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous with respect to national defense, esp cybersecurity and diplomatic experience

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on Ukraine/Russia

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on Iran

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on health in the US, not to mention health insurance

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on democracy and elections

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on 2019 covid and current vax guidance

...reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous on energy policy...propping up oil and gas while undercutting alternative sources

Reckless, unwise, ignorant, and dangerous is no way to go through life, let alone occupying the WH

BumRushDaShow

(170,156 posts)
2. His continual mental health issues have generally been relegated to the more "tabloid" sites
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 03:49 PM
2 hrs ago

as there is a general split on whether to focus on that (which is obvious( or focus on what "WE" are going to do about the damage he has done and continues to do, as the average person is probably well aware now that he is insane.

The list you give was heavily covered during the 2024 election and was dismissed by over half the population, who instead focused on "the border", "trans people", "DEI", and other nonsense (assuming none of that would impact them... until it did).

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