Making a rather clever habit of holding a rally in a state on the eve of a big Democratic primary there. In this case, New Hampshire, where the primary is today.

Trump Just Gave Democrats A Lot To Run On In His New Proposed Budget…

Now will they just focus?!

Here’s what Trump’s got going for him that appeals to many voters:

• Strong economy. (That’s huge. It is.) Consumer confidence is really good.
• Kills terrorists. A big theme at all the rallies. This helped President Obama get elected to a second term too.

Everything else: “the wall”, banning a lot people from Central America, the Mideast and Africa from coming into the country, bringing prayer into public schools, the “unfairness” of his impeachment, etc., mainly appeals to people who are already his devotees and who won’t not vote for him pretty much no matter what.

But here’s what he just handed Democrats that almost all voters care about:

• Cutting Medicaid: this is the program that will be impacted the most directly. $920-billion in the next 10 years. The White House argues it can accomplish these cuts with “nothing that touches” recipients (very deliberately borrowing Trump’s word): the result of “better care or lower costs”. But doesn’t say how either of those objectives will be achieved. No hint, no clue.
• Cutting Medicare and Social Security: these are more subtle changes. There’s no actual direct chop to Medicare (yet). But…