Democrats are already giddy over the opportunity to criticize Trump's budget for cutting more than $800 billion from Medicare.
Reality check: Yes, the budget proposes reducing Medicare spending by more than $800 billion over a decade. But these are not reductions in seniors' benefits. They are (theoretical) cuts in Medicare's payments to health care providers, mainly hospitals.
Flashback: In 2012, the Romney campaign hammered the Affordable Care Act for cutting almost $800 billion from Medicare, and President Obama fought back on the grounds that cutting provider payments was not the same as cutting benefits.
Between the lines: Some of Trump's specific cuts are bipartisan.
You can choose your hypocrite here — Democrats are criticizing something they've done; Republicans are doing something they've criticized.
Go deeper: The first big battle over "Medicare for All" is about to begin
