Trump's speech to Congress makes it clear: They're coming for Social Security
SalonIf you were one of those people who have given up on the news since the election and decided to watch last night's presidential speech before a joint session of Congress you had to come away a little bit shell-shocked by what you heard. President Donald Trump delivered what felt like an interminable litany of his alleged accomplishments over the course of an hour and 40 minutes that would make anyone's hair stand on end if they hadn't heard it all before. Trump made a great show of promising not to cut Social Security and Medicare in all of his campaigns, so there's a reason why he spent so much time degrading the system in this speech and it isn't good. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Interestingly, he didn't spend much time on the tariffs or Ukraine, the two subjects at the very center of the news cycle for the past week. He slammed Canada and Mexico with the usual nonsense about "subsidies" and announced that there are more tariffs on the horizon: In new tariff news from this speech, Trump named the EU, China, Brazil, India, Mexico, Canada, and South Korea are the countries for possible April 2nd tariffs—that would cover the vast majority of US trade.
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