Hours after pledging that the safety net program “isn’t going to be touched,” Trump surprised some of his own staff Wednesday when he endorsed a House budget that would gut Medicaid.

The House budget includes cutting $880 billion from programs under the House Energy and Commerce Committee's jurisdiction, which include Medicaid.

Republicans have a Medicaid problem as GOP lawmakers scramble to find agreement on a budget framework and advance Trump's agenda.

President Trump’s vow to keep Medicaid intact is colliding headlong into the Republicans’ strategy to extend their 2017 tax cuts, complicating the GOP effort to secure a major policy win in the