I disagree. Trump want this and he fought for this. He made three mistakes along the way. The first one is he obviously and completely underestimated the complexity and had no plan of his own that came close to delivering on the promises he made during the campaign. The second is that he let Ryan create his own plan and Trump put his stamp on it. And the third is he let Ryan set the timing of the agenda, which goes back to his underestimation of the issue. It's been a learning experience for Trump and I don't see him repeating the same mistake again.
Trump wants a clear cut repeal...
Trump has never wanted a clear cut repeal. He has, from day one, advocated simultaneous repeal and replace. It would have been better if he had just advocated repeal only.
That's the bottom line, you have a different opinion, so be it.
Indeed.
Until Ryan started screwing around going back and forth on supporting Trump after the election, Trump always said repeal of Obamacare was a stand alone, first step. Ryan wouldn't even let a repeal come up for a vote unless replacement was done at the same time.
Think what you like, but Trump always said repeal was first, everything else came afterwords starting with letting insurance companies sell insurance across State lines.
Trump went along because he knew anything with replacement attached wouldn't pass but would slap Ryan in the face. Ryan wanted to flex his little muscles to show Trump who was boss, so Trump let him.