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Mike Johnson: “He [President Trump] wants to wipe it out entirely.”

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Mike Johnson Discusses Republican Legislation, Medicaid Cuts, and Iran Strikes

Published June 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:39

But I think we'll find the right equilibrium. I can tell you where President Trump is, where I am. I mean, he has no appetite for it at all. He [President Trump] wants to wipe it out entirely. We're going to get as close to that goal as possible. Wind is a joke. We've got to get rid of this ridiculous reliance on wind energy. (11:39–11:43)

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Asserts that President Trump wants to completely eliminate Big Green Deal subsidies and credits.

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“67% of the national injunctions issued against a particular president have been issued against [Donald Trump].”
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“Of those 67 injunctions, 90% of them were issued by the same small handful of activists.”
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“Impeachment is a rare result. It's only happened 15 times in the history of the country.”
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“This bill, the one big, beautiful bill, is all of the Trump agenda, all the America first agenda, wrapped into one big piece of legislation.”
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“We're using the budget reconciliation process, reconciling the budget in order to squeeze all these big initiatives in.”
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“It's historic spending cuts, historically historic tax cuts, border security, the largest investment in a generation.”
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“It's been expanded under the last two Democrat presidents and to cover everybody.”
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“We brought about the greatest economy in the history of the world with our tax cuts and regulatory reform.”
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“We wanted to ensure no cuts to Medicaid.”
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