We went dru this primary campaign and donald trump explicitly said he was there to protect the benefits for those who paid into the system. he fought against people who called against something like paul ryan s road map and he won. i think the debate was settled in the primary and the general election. bill press, i m curious, this is a trip wire for republicans going back. newt gingrich, he tried to touch medicare, that s how bill clinton got him in the government shutdown. paul ryan against barack obama. obama made that a big feature in his campaign. if trump takes those issue entitlement cuts, medicare, social security, off the table. does that put democrats on the defensive here label the? i think there s a real tension that nobody s talk and we re all waiting to see explode between donald trump and republicans in the congress. i was at the briefing today where they jus budget director came in and gave the briefest outline of what the new