Medicare

But she described Musk's goal to slash a third of government spending as "ridiculous", since so much of the budget was mandatory, including popular programmes like Social Security and Medicare.

Walgreens sought payment for many of the invalid prescriptions through Medicare and other federal healthcare programs in violation of the False Claims Act, according to the government’s case against the company.

Even worse, by adding to deficits the House Republican budget would increase pressure to enact further cuts whether it be to the same economic security programs it's slashing or Medicare and Social Security.

The White House released a statement defending Trump's positions, saying he would continue to protect programs such as Medicare and pointing to Democrats as the threat.

Trump also announced Friday that his administration isn’t moving forward with a Biden-era proposal that aimed to expand eligibility for anti-obesity drugs to millions of Americans on Medicaid or Medicare.