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On Lawrence O'Donnell now- NYT: Trump regrets going with Paul Ryan plan to do healthcare first
dalton99a
(81,391 posts)Nevernose
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(5,643 posts)SummerSnow
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(5,643 posts)superpatriotman
(6,246 posts)Until then I am hopeful, but recent history has taught me never to assume anything.
elleng
(130,721 posts)Trump the Dealmaker Projects Bravado, but Behind the Scenes, Faces Rare Self-Doubt.
'President Trump, the author of The Art of the Deal, has been projecting his usual bravado in public this week about the prospects of repealing the Affordable Care Act. Privately he is grappling with rare bouts of self-doubt.
Mr. Trump has told four people close to him that he regrets going along with Speaker Paul D. Ryans plan to push a health care overhaul before unveiling a tax cut proposal more politically palatable to Republicans.
He said ruefully this week that he should have done tax reform first when it became clear that the quick-hit health care victory he had hoped for was not going to materialize on Thursday, the seventh anniversary of the acts passage, when the legislation was scheduled for a vote.
Two of his most influential advisers Stephen K. Bannon, his chief strategist, and Gary D. Cohn, the National Economic Council director, who had a major role in pushing the bill came to agree, and did not like the compromise that was emerging. So on Thursday night, Mr. Trump delivered an ultimatum.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/trump-health-care-bill-regrets.html?
SharonAnn
(13,771 posts)I don't think the Constitution set things up that way.
bdamomma
(63,791 posts)is always looking for a scapegoat. damn stupid man. It will NOT pass the Senate.
a kennedy
(29,613 posts)*praying*
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Dem2
(8,166 posts)I'm not falling for his bullshit any longer!