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.
You realize there was a 2 through 7 right?
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.
Trump had been talking about repeal and replace months before the inauguration and before the election. And he's always said it would be simultaneous.
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.
And what he was advocating was all included in this repeal and replace bill, either in phase 1 or in phase 2 or 3.
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.
If that was truly Trump's plan, and I don't agree for a second that it was, then it really backfired on him. As soon as Trump put his whole support behind it then it became his plan. It's Trumpcare. Its loss is his loss.