Trump’s Former Lawyer Names ‘The Thing That Sinks Trump’s Presidency’

Donald Trump’s former lawyer wrote Sunday that expected cuts in health benefits for lower-income Americans will destroy his presidency and the Republican Party.

Michael Cohen, once the president’s attorney and fixer who pleaded guilty to campaign finance crimes allegedly on behalf of Trump, wrote in a Substack essay that Trump “rode to power on the backs of working-class Americans.” However, his alliance with budget hatchet man Elon Musk, “who thinks government assistance is a joke,” will alter voters’ loyalty.

“Here’s where the story takes a turn: Trump will soon learn that his support isn’t infinite,” Cohen wrote. “His base might be rabid, but even the most die-hard MAGA voter has a breaking point. And when grandma’s Social Security check disappears, when their Medicaid is yanked away, when the reality of Musk’s economic war on the poor sets in; who do you think they’re going to blame?”

“You screw over 72.5 million people, and you pay the price,” Cohen continued, referring to the number of Americans on Medicaid. “Unfortunately, they will suffer. But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel…Musk’s economic jihad against working Americans will be the thing that sinks Trump’s presidency and the Republican party. And for once, the chaos will actually work in the favor of the American people.”

Republicans are aiming to slice $2 trillion in spending, which could leave Medicaid and Medicare on the chopping block. The Congressional Budget Office said that sizable cuts to Medicaid or Medicare will be needed to make the goal.

As the threat loomed, Trump got heckled by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) during his address to Congress over the possibility of slashing Medicaid. Green was later censured.

In that address, Trump spewed lies about Social Security to perhaps discredit it, raising further suspicion that it will be targeted.

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