Trump regrets putting ObamaCare repeal on top of agenda, blames Ryan: report

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



By Max Greenwood - 09/08/17 10:28 AM EDT


President Trump reportedly regrets putting repealing and replacing ObamaCare at the top of his legislative agenda and blames Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for assuring him that a health-care overhaul was sure to pass in the GOP-controlled Congress

Trump has privately fumed that Republican congressional leaders, including Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), misled him on health care, among other issues, The Associated Press reported Friday.
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But the effort later foundered in the Senate and was ultimately upended in July when the chamber narrowly voted down a slimmed-down ObamaCare repeal bill. Trump has voiced particular frustration with McConnell for that failure.

Still, the president's relationship with Ryan has grown frosty recently, according to the AP. The two men talk less frequently than they used to, and Trump very publicly broke with the Speaker this week when he agreed to a deal with House and Senate Democratic leaders on a short-term debt ceiling increase. ...............

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349788-trump-regrets-putting-obamacare-repeal-on-top-of-agenda-blames-ryan

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Trump is going to find that Lying Ryan is as vindictive as himself.

[ATL Ebony]

1. So what's preventing him from taking it off the table?

[Aristus]

2. Nothing. Or vetoing any bill that reaches his desk.

But if he does either, he'll get a primary challenge, which will pretty much guarantee an election loss.

[DetlefK]

3. What happened to the healthcare-plan he touted during his campaign?

You know which one.
The terrific one.
The one of which he gave no specifics, except that it will be the best.

[ToxMarz]

4. Well, Ryan isn't the one who campaigned on repealing Obamacare ON DAY ONE!

[kimmylavin]

5. Nothing is EVER his fault, is it?

And Jesus, he's claiming he was misled?
Maybe pick up a newspaper once in a while, and find things out for yourself?

[mdbl]

7. He was busy waiting for Ryan to tweet

[NYC Liberal]

8. But if it passed hed take all the credit.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. I thought repealing Obamacare would pay for tax cuts.

Wasn't that the reason for the sequence? Two slam-dunks, and we'll be almost bored with winning!