An NBC News examination found that Donald Trump’s views have zigzagged over the years — from calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” in 2000 to endorsing Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plans to restructure Medicare in 2012 to positioning himself as the protector of those programs in 2016 to taking aim at some retirement spending in his White House budgets (which never became law).
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Trial Balloon · Ep. 192: November Surprises
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