President Donald Trump went on a rant about the federal government’s ability to pay for day care, Medicare and Medicaid while offering a wild excuse about why it couldn’t afford to do so.

“The United States can’t take care of day care,” Trump said during Wednesday’s Easter lunch at the White House. “That has to be up to a state. We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care. You gotta let a state take care of day care, and they should pay for it too.”

“It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. We have to take care of one thing: military protection,” he added.

The U.S. spends just 0.2 percent of its G.D.P. on child care for children 2 and under, which comes to about $200 a year for most families, The New York Times reported in 2021. In the developed world, government support of early childhood care ranges from $3,327 (Israel) to $29,726 (Norway) per child each year.