Could you imagine any of the others in his role?
Thank God for President Trump!
The Art of the Deal!
Posted on 06/05/2019 11:55:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Does Donald Trump want Jeremy Corbyn as his next partner in the US-UK relationship? Because this is precisely how you get more Jeremy Corbyn. In touting the potential for a post-Brexit trade agreement with the Brits, Trump told reporters that their National Health Service would have to be “on the table,” comments immediately seized upon by Labour:
When asked if the NHS should be on the table for a post-Brexit trade deal, Donald Trump says "everything will be on table".
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 4, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain’s public health service should be on the table in talks about a trade deal between the two countries after Brexit, prompting Prime Minister Theresa May to say some areas of the economy might be off limits.
“I think everything with a trade deal is on the table,” Trump said when asked if U.S. companies should be able to access Britain’s National Health Service after a deal.
“So NHS or anything else, or a lot more than that. But everything will be on the table, absolutely.”
Labour has already claimed that the Tories want to privatize some or all of the popular NHS, a claim that Tories have denied. Those claims have focused on the pending US-UK trade talks, with rumors that American companies might end up running parts of what is now a single-payer system in the UK. Theresa May, understanding the danger Trump’s remarks created, tried to quickly shut down the NHS talk:
Donald Trump on a US/UK post-Brexit trade deal – “Everything will be on the table and that includes the NHS.”#TrumpUKVisit #Brexit #NHSpic.twitter.com/z64nMasplp
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) June 4, 2019
Mrs May was forced to interject, telling reporters: “But the point in making trade deals is of course that both sides negotiate and come to an agreement about what should or should not be in that trade deal for the future.”
Even before Trump’s remarks, Corbyn had fired up a protest rally by promising to protect the NHS from Americans and privatization:
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Tuesday he would not stand for a post-Brexit trade deal that “offered up” the nation’s “precious” National Health Service to American companies.
In an impassioned speech to crowds gathered in Whitehall to protest against the state visit of U.S. President Donald Trump, the opposition leader delivered a series of broadsides against what he referred to as “visitors from the U.S.,” adding “it’s about the kind of world we want to live in.”
On Brexit, Corbyn said the basis for debate should not be “how we go forward with no deal at the same time as offering up, offering up our precious, wonderful National Health Service to private American companies to come in and take it over.”
“We will not stand for that,” he said to cheers from the protesters. “We will fight with every last breath of our body to defend the principle, for the principle of a health service free at the point of need to everybody as a human right.”
Now that Trump’s flat-out put NHS on the table, don’t expect Corbyn to let the issue go. He’s been caught up in an anti-Semitism scandal of his own making, and he’s bungled the Brexit question so far badly enough that voters bypassed Labour to embrace the Liberal Democrats and Greens in the EU elections. Corbyn desperately needs to distract from his failures and his character flaws, and Trump handed him a huge gift to accomplish just that. The Tories will not be thanking Trump in their next national election.
Trump might have complicated the end game for Brexit as well, but in that case the potential for damage is limited anyway. The UK is heading for a crash-out, with the EU demanding that the UK accept May’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill and refusing further negotiations. The race for new Tory leadership has hinged so far on just how forcefully each candidate has rejected the WAB, so don’t expect a negotiated exit by the Halloween deadline.
Here’s Trump adding his two cents on Brexit, declaring that “it would be very good for the country.”
"I would think that it will happen and it probably should happen."
Pres. Trump says he thinks that Brexit "would be very good for the country" and praises UK PM Theresa May's efforts, saying she has "done a very good job." https://t.co/u2gcqHnZzp pic.twitter.com/azXLiEbKzn
— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2019
“When asked if the NHS should be on the table for a post-Brexit trade deal, Donald Trump says ‘everything will be on table’.”
In other words, he didn’t say NHS should be on the table.
the NHS is the established religion of the UK
Here’s the problem with the National Health Service: it’s essentially a monopoly on health care in the UK. Even the other European countries think it’s a terrible idea, given that in France and Germany, the system is basic care from the government and more advanced care from a variety of health insurers.
Nothing terrifies a Brit more than the prospect of having to pay for his health care. After more than half a century of the NHS it’s always comforting for him to know that the health care he doesn’t get is absolutely free.
Free, and worth every penny.
leftists want to build fear about trading with trump... he should say, “if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.”
And if it’s so out there why even ask?
As if we didnt know.
Lol
So “everything” = “NHS” to the shameless MSM.
If the NHS is so popular why are they trying to get rid of it?
“Nothing terrifies a Brit more than the prospect of having to pay for his health care.”
I can name a few more:
tooth brushes
regular dental exams
looking at their smiles in the mirror in pictures...
Is Ed Morissey really that stupid?
His first paragraph is journalistic malpractice.
Could you imagine any of the others in his role?
Thank God for President Trump!
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Now that Trump’s flat-out put NHS on the table, don’t expect Corbyn to let the issue go. He’s been caught up in an anti-Semitism scandal of his own making, and he’s bungled the Brexit question so far badly enough that voters bypassed Labour to embrace the Liberal Democrats and Greens in the EU elections. Corbyn desperately needs to distract from his failures and his character flaws, and Trump handed him a huge gift to accomplish just that. The Tories will not be thanking Trump in their next national election.
Why should their healthcare system be any of our business?
Outstanding!
the Tories want to privatize some or all of the popular NHS, a claim that Tories have denied. Those claims have focused on the pending US-UK trade talks, with rumors that American companies might end up running parts of what is now a single-payer system in the UK.
Wow! That’s funny and sad at the same time! Trump is talking trade. Do these morons really think he wants to trade for the NHS. LOL!
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