Trump's 2020 Hail Mary pass: Re-elect him and he'll get rid of Social Security and Medicare.

https://www.startribune.com/trump-pr...ted/572059892/

Trump pledged, if re-elected, to permanently abolish the Social Security and Medicare payroll tax. That's good news if you're a young working adult, you get to keep the 7.6% in your gross pay that is taken out to pay into Social Security and Medicare. Not so great news if you're an old person, since you pay nothing in payroll tax if you don't work and many of them rely on Medicare and Social Security to you know...NOT DIE.

Without the payroll taxes to fund them, these programs become rapidly insolvent. Hard to see what Trump's Big Brilliant strategy is here, since old people vote reliably and are viciously protective of Social Security and Medicare.

It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see how it plays out in November.