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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Trump’s spending cuts and efforts to reduce government welfare rolls on CNN’s State of the Union program over the weekend.
Bessent was questioned by host Dana Bash on how Medicaid cuts will affect what she calls “the affordability crisis” for vulnerable Americans.
The Treasury Secretary responded by insisting that Bash separate the issue of affordability from the saving of medicaid, noting that “only in D.C. is a 20% hike over 10 years, a cut.”
Bessent insisted that the people that “Medicaid was designed for” are those who are vulnerable including pregnant women, the disabled and families with children under 14.
Under Trump’s spending cuts, Bessent says the able bodied will have the opportunity to “get off Medicaid and get a job that has good healthcare benefits.”
Bessent on Medicaid cuts: “The able-bodied Americans are not vulnerable Americans … people can get off Medicaid and get a job that has good healthcare benefits … I don’t think poor people are stupid. I think they have agency.” pic.twitter.com/raDM6GQEOU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 6, 2025
