Donald Trump 'Doesn't Know What He's Talking About' On Health Care | The 11th Hour

GEORGE WILL. WE STARTED OUR CONVERSATION AS
YOU MIGHT IMAGINE WITH THE TWITTER FIGHT.
GEORGE I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THIS WEEK'S TWITTER DUST-UP AS
HASTEFUL BE AND UGLY AS IT WAS. OF COURSE IT INVOLVED A MEMBER
OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIEND TO MANY OF US.
WAS IT A DISTRACTION IN THE END OR IS IT GERMANE BECAUSE OF WHAT
IT SAYS ABOUT CHARACTER. >> IT'S BOTH.
THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO CHANGE
THE SUBJECT. AND HE USES TWITTER TO DO THAT.
NOW I THINK THAT'S PREFERABLE TO HIM USING, SAY, CRUISE MISSILE
ATTACKS ON A COUNTRY OR A NAYS LITTLE WAR ON THE KOREAN
PENINSULA. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE TACTICAL.
IN THAT SENSE IT SEEMS TO BE NOT JUST A FAILURE OF IMPULSE
CONTROL BUT AN IMPULSE WITH A PURPOSE.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
THAT'S ONE OF TWO OTHER SUBJECTS AMONG MANY LOOMING.
THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE GUEST, THE LEADER OF SOUTH KOREA AND HEALTH
CARE WITH ALL OF WASHINGTON MOVING OUT TO THEIR HOME STATES
AND DISTRICTS, ALL THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, THESE TWO
SUBJECTS LOOM LARGE BUT AGAIN THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST OF
THINGS BEHIND THEM. >> THERE IS.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE -- THE MEMBERS GOING HOME ARE GOING
TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS. BECAUSE THE CONSTITUENTS ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THEIR MINDS PROCESS.
YOU FIRST OF ALL THE REPUBLICANS SEEM TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT
BARACK OBAMA FOR ALL HIS TRYING AND ALL HIS VAUNTED RETIRIC
ALPOWERS UNABLE TO DO. THEY SEEM TO HAVE MADE OBAMACARE
KIND OF POPULAR AT LEAST MORE POPULAR THAN THE ALTERNATIVE AT
THIS POINT SEEMS TO BE. I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE
REPUBLICAN BILL IS DEAD. MR. McCONNELL IS A MAGICIAN AT
GETTING VOTES TOGETHER. WE'RE LARGELY IN THE REALM OF
SPLITTABLE DIFFERENCES. THE ONE THING TO WATCH I THINK
IS A MEASURE PUTS IN THAT BILL BY SENATOR TOOMEY OF
PENNSYLVANIA. IT'S THE FIRST REAL SERIOUS
ATTEMPT TO REFORM AN OUT OF CONTROL ENTITLEMENT IN THAT IT
WOULD OVER AN EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD BEGIN TO RESTRAIN THE GROWTH OF
THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. THAT WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTIES
WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. BUT IT IS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE.
AND BY THE WAY ITS IMPORTANCE IS NOT THAT IT'S PART OF REPEALING
OBAMACARE. ITS IMPORTANCE THAT IT'S THE
FIRST TIME REPUBLICANS HAVE REALLY BEGUN TO MAKE GOOD ON
ATTEMPT TO REIN IN ENTITLE MTS WHICH IF NOT REINED IN ARE GOING
TO SWALLOW THE BUDGET. >> THIS HAS THE ATTENTION OF A
GOOD MANY AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR GOOD REASON.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S LACK OF IDEOLOGY OR
GRANULARITY OR SOME WOULD SAY INVOLVEMENT ON THIS ISSUE?
OR DO YOU THINK THAT CAN BE MADE UP FOR.
>> YOU'RE BEING POLITE. THE PROBLEM IS THE PRESIDENT
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE MAN WHO SAID NO ONE KNEW HEALTH CARE WAS SO
DPLIKTED. EVERYONE WHO SPENT TEN MINUTES
THINKING ABOUT IT KNEW IT WAS SO COMPLICATED.
I THINK. IT MAY BE THAT THE PRESIDENT'S
PRISTINE ABSENCE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HEALTH CARE MAY HELP AT
THIS POINT. BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE STRONG
FEELINGS. AND HE CAN'T REALLY GET IN THE
WAY OF THOSE, MR. PORTMAN SAY ON ONE SIDE ON MR. TOOMEY ON
ANOTHER WHO HAVE STRONG CONVICTIONS BOLSTERED BY LOTS OF
INFORMATION. IN THIS SENSE THE PRESIDENT
BEING OUT OF IT IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK HEALTH CARE TURNS OUT, AND WHEN DO YOU THINK
PEN GOES TO PAPER AT THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> WELL, REMEMBER, LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT MR. McCONNELL CAN
GET 50 VOTES WITH PENCE BREAKING THE TIE.
IT GOES BACK TO THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME
PUTTING TOGETHER A SMALL AND FRAGILE COALITION TO GET -- TO
SEND THEIR BELL TO THE SENATE WHICH THE SENATE REJECTED.
THAT MEANS WE GO TO CONFERENCE. AND IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR TO ME
THAT ANYTHING THAT CAN SAY THE SENATORS IN THE CONFERENCE CAN
HOLD TOGETHER THE COALITION- DSH THE FRAGILE COALITION IN THE
HOUSE, PARTICULARLY THE MEN OF MARK MEADOWS FREEDOM CAUCUS.
THIS IS A VERY LONG WAY FROM REACHING THE PRESIDENT'S DESK.
BY THE WAY, THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID IN THE PAST THAT HA SINGLE
PAYER SYSTEM WORKS WELL IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THIS HAPPENED, IF DEMOCRATS AND

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