Pod Save America · karen Bautista

SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts

March 31, 2026·1 hr 31 min·5 clips
Trump claims 'great progress' with Iran while threatening war crimes, revealing a chaotic diplomatic strategy.
The hosts analyze Trump's contradictory messaging on Iran negotiations, the economic fallout of the war, and a GOP plan to cut healthcare funding for it. They also discuss the DHS shutdown, Trump's ballroom project, and interview Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek on disability and foreign policy.

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Pod Save America turns a grim Axios headline into a brisk look at how Republicans might try to fund a war in Iran and ICE by cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare.

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