‘He’s Not a Detail Guy’: Trump Pitches Very Different Reconciliation Bill to House GOP

“Don’t fuck around with Medicaid,” Trump told House Republicans, according to a source in the room.

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President Donald Trump dances after speaking at an election night watch party. Alex Brandon/AP

President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning with a clear mission: sell his “big, beautiful bill” to House Republicans.

But if Trump wanted to convince the holdouts that this legislation is a winner, he may need to re-familiarize himself with the bill currently under consideration, because Trump urged Republicans to pass a very different measure from the one Speaker Mike Johnson and his conference has produced.

Trump told Republicans he didn’t want Medicaid cuts beyond rooting out “waste, fraud and abuse.”