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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: 'Everybody' has better healthcare than US
President Trump said Friday that "everybody" has better healthcare than the United States.
Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do --everybody does. ObamaCare is dead! But our healthcare will soon be great, Trump tweeted.
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The president raised eyebrows Thursday night when he heaped praise on Australia's universal healthcare system even though that type of system is widely derided by conservatives.
Trump's latest comments appear to contradict his own spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who said earlier Friday that "he was simply being complimentary of the prime minister and I dont think it was much more than that.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/332128-trump-everybody-has-better-healthcare-than-us
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Trump: 'Everybody' has better healthcare than US (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2017
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Squinch
(50,949 posts)1. There is just no end to his idiocy.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,186 posts)2. What a boob! N/t
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)3. He really doesn't have any idea does he?
He is a moron and in charge of the Executive.
This is an existential threat to our democracy.
Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)12. He is SO FUCKING STUPID.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)4. We don't have great Healthcare specially for the money.
rurallib
(62,413 posts)5. dumbest son of a bitch in the universe
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)6. Oh Sarah, let's be honest, a Trump doesn't have a clue...
...about Austrailia's health care system.
He made that statement because he doesn't know they have universal health care, if he even knows what that is.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)7. Yeah, Donald. We were trying until you went and fucked it up n/t
Leith
(7,809 posts)8. Does Anyone Think Someone Will Tell Him
WHY their healthcare is better? Gosh, he might get the crazy idea to do the same thing - universal healthcare with real negotiations on drug prices.
Yeah, I'm dreaming. Sometimes ya gotta escape reality for a while.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)9. He might knowwhat it said if Ivanka would have read it to him
JDC
(10,127 posts)10. The depth of his stupidity knows no bounds
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)11. Omg, it hurts!!!!!