Republicans base an incessant call for tax cuts on the notion that the poor receive lavish benefits. Hardly.

In 1999, when Donald Trump was considering a run for president, he told Larry King: “If you can’t take care of your sick in the country, forget it, it’s all over... I believe in universal healthcare.”

Similarly, in 1999, he said the following on NBC's 'Dateline': 
“I'm a Liberal on healthcare, we have to take care of people... I love universal.”

And he told The Advocate in February 2000: “I would put forth a comprehensive health care program and fund it with an increase in corporate taxes.”

In 2000, Trump wrote a book called The America We Deserve, in which he praised universal healthcare systems:

"We must have universal healthcare...I'm a conservative on most issues but a liberal on this one. We should not hear so many stories of families ruined by healthcare expenses..."

Then came POTUS Obama and the birther tRump. 

Then came the retrumpliecon agenda.