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President Trump urged spending more on health care, in a tweet Sunday night —  to “make it the best anywhere” — even as his administration’s budget proposal last week called for broad cuts to health programs, including Medicaid, public health, and medical research funding.

It’s unclear what, if anything, Trump’s tweet means for his administration’s spending priorities. The White House declined to elaborate.

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  • He simply knows that the “reality” in the eyes of his voters is the one presented by both his tweets and fox news, and nothing else. All the rest is fake news, no matter how much hard evidence e common sense you can put in it

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