El-Sayed Pitches Trump a Gold ‘TrumpCare’ Card

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Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed has a pitch for Donald Trump, and it comes in gold. On Thursday, Nov. 12, El-Sayed posted a mock “TrumpCare” card, complete with the president’s name, and a message: “Donald, this is on the table.” The post passed 7.7 million views on X within a day.

The featured image shows El-Sayed at a meet-and-greet at Michigan Technological University in October 2025.

The Lowdown

It is trolling with a policy attached. El-Sayed won his Senate seat running on Medicare for All, and he knows the president likes his name on things. So he is offering Trump the branding if Trump will sign the bill. Skeptics say there is zero chance; El-Sayed says make him veto it. Either way, a gold card got the whole internet talking about single-payer again.

Key Takeaways

Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) posted a mock gold “TrumpCare” card on Nov. 12 with the message “Donald, this is on the table.”
He has been offering for a week to name Medicare for All after Trump if the president backs it.
“I dare Donald Trump to veto,” he told NPR, according to Common Dreams.
There is no sign Trump has responded, and “TrumpCare” is not an actual bill.

This is a message for @realDonaldTrump.

Donald, this is on the table. Guarantee healthcare for every American, from cradle to grave.
— Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) November 12, 2026

The Full Story

The Gold Card

The card reads “TrumpCare: Great health care for every American,” is stamped “Medicare for All,” lists hospital, prescription drug, dental, vision and hearing coverage starting Jan. 1, 2027, and carries a Trump-style signature. Common Dreams and Mediaite covered the post. El-Sayed shared the same image on Instagram, Spectrum News noted.

He is not responding to any Trump proposal. It is his own idea, and he has been pushing it for days. In an interview with Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan, he said he would happily call it “Trumpcare for All,” since Trump “seems to like to put his name on things.” “Donald, if you’re watching, we’ll put your name on it,” he said, per Common Dreams. “You get to be that guy, so let’s talk about it.”

“I don’t care what it’s called. I want people to have healthcare in this country,” El-Sayed said, according to Spectrum News.

The Reality Check

Not everyone is buying it. “No, Trump is not going to sign universal healthcare even if you put his name on it,” Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng wrote, adding that El-Sayed’s push is “a form of ‘fighting’ for Medicare for All, even when there isn’t a Dem president.”

El-Sayed’s answer, in an NPR interview cited by Common Dreams, is to pass it anyway: “Make him veto it.” Trump has backed repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act in the past, and Spectrum News said it is unclear whether he has responded.

El-Sayed has had a busy week. He backed Chris Van Hollen to replace Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader, and he was at the center of the NBC “Oh God” hot-mic moment with Savannah Guthrie. More politics on our Zeitgeist page.