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Capital & Main
Sara Herschander

Trump Tried to Slash Aid for Tens of Millions of Poor Americans — and Some Voters Worry He’ll Succeed if Elected Again

Activists rally in Washington in 2017 to protest the Republican American Health Care Act. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images.

When Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was last in office, his administration repeatedly attempted to gut the country’s social safety net, proposing cuts to nutrition assistance, Medicaid and other government programs that one in four Americans rely on. 

If he wins in November, experts say it’s likely that Trump would once again target those programs, spelling financial peril for the most vulnerable Americans.

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