Privatize Everything
2017 June
2017-06-05 During his first term, Trump endorsed a proposal to remove 30,000 FAA workers from the federal payroll and privatize the nation’s air traffic control system.
https://www.npr.org/2017/06/05/531574945/trump-announces-plan-to-privatize-air-traffic-control
2025 January
2025-01-20 Project 2025 Chapter 14 outlines a complete overhaul of the DHHS to include eliminating the Affordable Care Act and encouraging more privatized systems like Medicare Advantage.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025 March
2025-03-05 A military news outlet Military.com published an article speaking out on behalf of millions of Veterans who feel that privatized healthcare will rapidly eat into the VA budget.
2025 July
2025-07-31 News outlets reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once referred to the “Trump Baby Account” as a “back door for privatizing Social Security”. However, the same article referred to Bessent’s social media post clarifying that those accounts are “…an additive benefit for future generations, which will supplement…”, which White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reasserted during a press conference. The article quoted Leavitt as saying, “What the secretary of treasury was saying, and what this administration believes, is that these Trump newborn accounts, which is an incredibly creative and great provision that was in the one big, beautiful bill for newborn babies and families and future generations of Americans, will help supplement not substitute Social Security”.
2026 April
2026-04-03 Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/us/tsa-private-airport-security-screening
https://www.wfla.com/news/privatizing-tsa-on-the-table-as-shutdown-impacts-airport-security/