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July 2011: Trump calls RyanCare a "terrible, terrible blow to the Republicans"
For those of you who can't stomach to watch, the Ryan-bashing begins around the 4 minute mark. And if you're a real masochist, parts 2 and 3 of this can be found by following the video to YouTube.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/watch-donald-trump-trash-paul-ryan
In July 2011, Trump granted a long interview to conservative advocate Erick Erickson, in which he repeatedly blasted Ryan as a misguided ninny. At the time, Ryan was chair of the House budget committee, and a few months earlier he had issued a major plan to radically overhaul the federal budget. It called for slashing trillions of dollars from social programs for middle- and low-income Americans (while preserving tax breaks for the wealthy) and for essentially privatizing Medicare. It also urged reshaping Medicaid in a way that would likely reduce benefits for the poor. In his typically harsh manner, Trump accused Ryan of leading Republicans to ruin with this draconian proposal. "What he just did is destroyed the Republican Party," Trump complained to Erickson.
Trump insisted that it was boneheaded for Ryan to start budget negotiations with President Barack Obama with a plan that targeted Medicare:
Trump called the Ryan plan "political suicide for the Republican Party" and asserted that GOPers should disavow it. He insisted that the long-term financing problems of Medicare could be addressed by dealing with the "tremendous" waste and fraud in the program. And he kept smacking Ryan: "I don't know him, he seems like a nice guy, who cares. I'd rather have him not be a nice guy. But be a smart guy. I can tell you this: He's a bad poker player, and he's a bad chess player."
In July 2011, Trump granted a long interview to conservative advocate Erick Erickson, in which he repeatedly blasted Ryan as a misguided ninny. At the time, Ryan was chair of the House budget committee, and a few months earlier he had issued a major plan to radically overhaul the federal budget. It called for slashing trillions of dollars from social programs for middle- and low-income Americans (while preserving tax breaks for the wealthy) and for essentially privatizing Medicare. It also urged reshaping Medicaid in a way that would likely reduce benefits for the poor. In his typically harsh manner, Trump accused Ryan of leading Republicans to ruin with this draconian proposal. "What he just did is destroyed the Republican Party," Trump complained to Erickson.
Trump insisted that it was boneheaded for Ryan to start budget negotiations with President Barack Obama with a plan that targeted Medicare:
Look at the Democratic commercials. Everything is about Medicare, Medicare, Medicare…What Paul Ryan did is an unbelievable mistake. And it's an unbelievable disservice for people who are running for office if they are Republicans. He shouldn't have been one to initiate… It should have been Obama, we're waiting for Obama to come out with a plan. He never comes out with a plan. He lets the Republicans strangle themselves.
Trump called the Ryan plan "political suicide for the Republican Party" and asserted that GOPers should disavow it. He insisted that the long-term financing problems of Medicare could be addressed by dealing with the "tremendous" waste and fraud in the program. And he kept smacking Ryan: "I don't know him, he seems like a nice guy, who cares. I'd rather have him not be a nice guy. But be a smart guy. I can tell you this: He's a bad poker player, and he's a bad chess player."
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