'Don't be dramatic': Sneering Trump belittles tales of struggling Americans
December 09, 2025
Donald Trump was in no mood to hear from another female reporter asking about his administration's failures during an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns.
Politico posted a 45-minute video Tuesday showing the president sitting down with Burns, in which he gave rambling answers that went far off the topic. But he took real offense when she asked him about the upcoming end of the Affordable Care Act subsidies — and responded with a sneer.
Burns asked, “In the meantime, I mean, two weeks, Mr. President, people will see those premiums go up. So will you tell Congress to extend those Obamacare subsidies while you work out another deal?”
“I don’t know. I’m gonna have to see. I’d like to get better health care. I’d like to have people buy their own health care, get much better health care, and what I want to do, for example, I want to give the money to the people, not to the insurance companies,” he replied, at which point she interjected. “So right now, people are buying their holiday presents. They’re planning for —.”
“Look, don’t be dramatic,” Trump sneered as she protested, “No, no.”
“Don’t be dramatic,” he repeated.
“They’re planning their budgets for next year, Mr. President," Burns continued.
“Here’s what I want to — I know. And what I want to do is help them,” he replied as she pressed, “So will their premiums go up?”
“I’m giving them money," Trump snapped.
"I want to give the money to the people to buy their own health care. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing. The Democrats don’t want to do that. They want the insurance companies to continue to make a fortune. The Democrats are owned by the insurance companies. They want the insurance companies to get these trillions of dollars,” he stated.
“Trillions of dollars goes to the insurance companies. I want that money to go to the people and let the people go out and buy their own health care. It works like magic. But you know who doesn’t want it? The Democrats, because they’re corrupt people, because they’re totally owned and bought by the insurance companies.”
After some back and forth, Burns pointed out, “That’s going to take time, sir.”
“Ready?” Trump fired back. “ I want to give the people better health insurance for less money. The people will get the money and they’re gonna buy the health insurance that they want.”
You can find the exchange at the 38-minute mark:
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