Veterans say Trump's plans to cut VA budget could put them 'in the ground'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : The Choice Program was extended by Trump during his first term.
55% : Over 9 million veterans rely on the VA for physical and mental health care, a department currently under scrutiny by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
48% : Veterans were much likelier to support Trump, a Republican, than Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, in November's presidential election, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the American electorate conducted in all 50 states.
42% : Nearly six in 10 voters who are veterans backed Trump, while about four in 10 voted for Harris.
29% : "Many veterans who voted for Trump understood this was going to be his policy and are now screaming bloody murder because the axe is going to fall upon the VA," Watson said.
24% : "I ask if Trump is cutting anything back here, and the reply is, 'Not yet,'" Wong said.

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