‘We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care’: Trump’s ill-timed rant | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump delivered one of his most extensive sales pitches for the Iran war in a primetime address on Wednesday night. But comments he delivered in a closed-door Easter lunch just hours earlier epitomize why he has utterly failed to make the sale. In rambling hourlong remarks — video of which was briefly posted on YouTube by the White House and preserved by a reporter for Business Insider — Trump riffed on how the federal government should focus more on funding defense and less on health care and day care, which should be left to the states. And at one point, he even set it up as a choice between funding war and funding day care — while apparently choosing the former. The president began by recalling a conversation he had with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. “I said to Russell, ‘Don’t send any money for day care,’ because the United States can’t take care of day care. That has to be up to a state,” Trump said. “We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people.” Trump then added, in quick succession: “We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care.” He

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