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17. Will the Brits want to exploit our Medicare and Social Security?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2019, 11:51 AM

Jun 2019

I'm not sure why Trump thinks we have any business tinkering with their national safety net.

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Trump says NHS must be 'on the table' in post-Brexit trade deal [View all] highplainsdem Jun 2019 OP

The end game of Brexit is now being seen Sanity Claws Jun 2019 #1

Yup, basically Americanize the UKs health plan. Geezuz! KPN Jun 2019 #3

Tweet from Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland: highplainsdem Jun 2019 #2

I am catching up due to dealing with our Health Insurance Co and Dr. staff who can't seem to asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #11

Health must be for sale! In so many words ... KPN Jun 2019 #4

Yours and my health. Not his. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #12

He can't even just wreck one country at a time. CanonRay Jun 2019 #5

WTF I don't get it. eShirl Jun 2019 #6

Who the fuck gave dotard the right to dictate healthcare to other countries?????? groundloop Jun 2019 #7

This was a direct order from his lord and master, Vladimir Putin Fritz Walter Jun 2019 #10

that is what I was thinking. We negotiate things that we work together on, demigoddess Jun 2019 #33

Theresa May's face when Donald Trump said the NHS is 'on the table' : highplainsdem Jun 2019 #8

Making the world safe for predatory capitalism. nt Eugene Jun 2019 #9

the arrogance is astounding... dhill926 Jun 2019 #13

Trump has done more for the second referendum crowd than he could ever imagine by this statement Soph0571 Jun 2019 #14

I agree. highplainsdem Jun 2019 #15

I'm already seeing tweets about this from people who hadn't backed a second referendum till now. highplainsdem Jun 2019 #20

destroying the US health care system is not enough? Maine-i-acs Jun 2019 #16

It's called Disaster Capitalism sop Jun 2019 #42

Will the Brits want to exploit our Medicare and Social Security? mainer Jun 2019 #17

The NHS interferes with profits American insurance and drug companies think they could make there. highplainsdem Jun 2019 #18

Did he go to England just to drop his vicious trade piece? Oh yeah, and to golf at his golf club. notdarkyet Jun 2019 #19

Unfortunately - Brexiters will be all for it... Myrddin Jun 2019 #21

Not all of them Soph0571 Jun 2019 #23

I hope so.. Myrddin Jun 2019 #38

Yeah, I think they went way too fast with the messaging on this, and Trump didn't help sop Jun 2019 #46

What I don't understand is mercuryblues Jun 2019 #22

Tweet from the Labour Party: Our NHS is not for sale. highplainsdem Jun 2019 #24

Maybe this will wake up Labour a little bit. yardwork Jun 2019 #48

He looked confused. I don't think he knew what NHS stands for. lamp_shade Jun 2019 #25

Theresa May had to explain it to him -- here's a tweet with video: highplainsdem Jun 2019 #29

Makes sense Midnightwalk Jun 2019 #26

The Corporate State does not want to subsidize healthcare for its citizens. For profit only. jalan48 Jun 2019 #27

What the predatory trip was about it seems. Big bucks in medical. appalachiablue Jun 2019 #28

I Totally Don't Get It RobinA Jun 2019 #30

I'm with you. I don't get the connection. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #31

It's about the privatization of services by corporations. Corporations are international jalan48 Jun 2019 #32

Correct! Novice Patriot Jun 2019 #41

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2019 #58

It is all about Putin's continuing efforts to destroy the west. avebury Jun 2019 #34

I'm sure that Trump Kaiserguy Jun 2019 #55

This, tout simplement, defies comment. Mme. Defarge Jun 2019 #35

Trump to Brits: "Now listen you, Dimwits. You see what I doing to Mexico? When I squeeze NCjack Jun 2019 #36

If everything is on the table then let's bring NHS to the USA. TeamPooka Jun 2019 #37

We'll call it "Medicare for all" sop Jun 2019 #43

Brit Cons angry about EU "control" want to swap it for US control of their economy? Nuts. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #39

Trump is truly a global menace DeminPennswoods Jun 2019 #40

Like many I was confused about this statement, but then I remembered that Trump is a moron Sapient Donkey Jun 2019 #44

He really means it. His ambassador to the UK said the same thing. They intend to force the NHS highplainsdem Jun 2019 #45

I started reading into it a bit more Sapient Donkey Jun 2019 #49

Brits, Don't let them take away your NHS! NT raccoon Jun 2019 #47

I don't think U.S. health/pharmas have anything to offer Marthe48 Jun 2019 #50

Oh dear! Tiny Hands Trump has just "dropped a bollock"... sheepfarm Jun 2019 #51

Heard reporting this afternoon that Trump doesn't DeminPennswoods Jun 2019 #52

F that. applegrove Jun 2019 #53

It's funny only because one of the original Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #54

That's a deal-breaker before a deal has even been proposed. Nitram Jun 2019 #56

This man, Donald Trump is so stupid, that he doesn't know what NHS is. Saying something like this, Stuart G Jun 2019 #57