War With Iran Clarifies Trump’s Spending Priorities: The Military, Not Child Care NYT | Top Stories Alan Rappeport 3 April 2026 at 01:25 As the White House prepares to release its 2027 budget, President Trump said military protection, not social programs, took precedence. © Arash Khamooshi for The New York TimesA building in Tehran damaged by airstrikes. This week, President Trump said: “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all of these individual things, they can do it on a state basis.”
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