Trump Says Reported $2.2 Billion Cuts to Military Health System Are a No-Go – By Patricia Kime (Military.com) / Aug 18 2020
President Donald Trump has weighed in on an internal Defense Department discussion over cuts to the military health system, tweeting his objection Monday night to a report that the Pentagon wants to trim $2.2 billion from its health care budget.
A proposal by Pentagon officials to slash Military Healthcare by $2.2 billion dollars has been firmly and totally rejected by me. We will do nothing to hurt our great Military professionals & heroes as long as I am your President. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2020
The tweet was in response to a story that appeared Sunday in Politico saying DoD officials have proposed cutting health care as part of Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s defense-wide review.
Trump said he has “firmly and totally rejected” any such plan.
“A proposal by Pentagon officials to slash Military Healthcare by $2.2 billion dollars has been firmly and totally rejected by me. We will do nothing to hurt our great Military professionals & heroes as long as I am your President,” he wrote at 10:30 p.m. Monday.
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