Yet he DID say hat he likes the individual mandate. I sense a contradiction here, do you?
The mandate he was talking about was mandating uninsured get some sort of coverage. It was asked in a two part question which some politician took out of context.
The biggest problem with taking Obmacare apart is going to be what do you do with the uninsurable. Your mandate gotcha is pretty dishonest and more of the usual politics.
No matter what is done it will still have to be pushed through congress and the mandate will be eliminated which will make it collapse.
No contradiction, as I read the correction he put out on this.
Perhaps you did not see the numerous threads on this issue and what Trump said in reply to his answer to Anderson Cooper.
Or perhaps you read them and disagree.
But either way, the thing you say—that he likes the mandate, has been addressed. He will dismantle Obamacare. Basing the idea he’ll keep it on saying “he likes the mandate”, which in his mind meant after Obamacare is replaced we don’t simply let people “die”, wrong. This claim is not something Trump believes, but it is one of the Left’s principle arguments to keep it, and is why he said what he did.
The idea that Trump will do a 180 and keep Obamacare is ludicrous, in my opinion. You’re hanging your hat on a very weak hook, FRiend.
Personally, I discount any of the detailed plans offered by the political class. These "plans" go out the window once Congress and the special interests get a hold of them. Arguing over the details is just like discussing how many angels can fit on the head of a pin.
The reality is that the Dems stand a very good chance of reclaiming the Senate in 2017. The Reps have many more seats at stake. A Dem-controlled Senate will make it difficult for any Rep President to implement his agenda.