CONGRESS TRIES TO GRAPPLE WITH THE ñ THEIR INTENTIONS OF
REPEALING AND REPLACES REPLACING THE ACA, TRUMP HAS DECIDED HE
HASN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT HE WANTS MORE AND ANY OPTION THAT GOES
AGAINST THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS A GOOD OPTION FOR HIM.
DURING
HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES HE EXPLAINS SOME OF THE
DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED WITH THE REPEAL AND REPLACE PLAN FOR THE
ACA.
IN DOING SO, HE ATTEMPTED TO DETAIL WHAT HE THINKS
HEALTHCARE IS, BUT HE KINDA SHOWED HE IS IGNORANT ON POLICY.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME I'M GOING TO REVIEW HIS RESPONSE TO
THE NEW YORK TIMES VERBATIM.
WHAT?
HA HA HA.
THE NOTION THAT WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG AND HEALTHY YOU ONLY SPEND
$12 A YEAR ON INSURANCE IS ABSURD.
HE THINKS OF INSURANCE ñ
THE WAY HE SPOKE ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS
CONFUSING IT FOR LIFE INSURANCE.
RIGHT.
YOU HEAR THOSE LIFE INSURANCE COMMERCIALS ON CNN.
BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE HE GETS HIS INFO, CABLE NEWS.
HE
CERTAINLY DOESN'T KNOW ANY SPECIFICS.
HE DOESN'T KNOW
SPECIFICS ABOUT MANY THINGS.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS
BRIEFED AND ONE-PAGE BRIEFINGS POSSIBLY THOSE THAT INCLUDE HIS
NAME.
THIS IS NOT ME JUST BEING CUTE, THIS IS LITERALLY
WHAT THEY DO AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT HE
IS ADRIFT ON THIS.
WHEN SOMEONE GETS TO A POINT WHEN THEY FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH
TO RUN AS THE LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY, YOU WOULD THINK THEY
WOULD JUST KNOW HOW THE WORLD WORKS AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT.
IT
SEEMS THAT HE IS OBLIVIOUS TO THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO
OUR LIVES.
HE IS ALSO OBLIVIOUS IN REGARDS TO HIS OWN IGNORANCE.
HE THINKS HE IS SUPER INTELLIGENT, AND SAYS SO
HIMSELF.
NO YOU DON'T. NO YOU DON'T. YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT
DETAILS OR SPECIFICS.
WHEN YOU MAKE THE MISTAKE OF DOING SO YOU
SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT.
HE IS AN EGOMANIACAL MEGALOMANIAC AND HE CAN'T WAIT
TO TELL YOU HOW GREAT HE IS.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING
HE CAN SPEAK WITH SOME AUTHORITY ON.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS SIMPLY
THE PRETTY FACE OF THIS PRESIDENCY.
THIS IS A POPULARITY
CONTEST.
HOW CAN ANYONE ASCEND TO THIS LEVEL AND NOT HAVE SOME
WORKING UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES?
WELL,
BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE ELECT PRESIDENTS THIS WAY.
IN THIS
TIME.
IN THIS CULTURE.
IN THIS MOMENT.
ONE THING HE DOES WELL,
HE MESSAGES SO EFFECTIVELY.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DRINK IN
THE KOOL-AID.
ALL HE HAS TO DO IS DELIVER THAT CULT OF PERSONALITY AND
THAT IS WHAT HE DOES.
ALSO HE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHEN CONGRESS VOTES ON ANYTHING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS EXCHANGE WITH
THE REPORTER, MAGGIE
HABERMAN.
IF YOU ARE NOT ALARMED BY HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OR
IGNORANCE, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
SEN.
BILL CASSIDY FEELS THE SAME WAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
UNDERSTANDS THE POLITICAL POLICY INTRICACIES OF THIS BILL?
I DON'T THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE, THAT THERE SHOULD
BE A REPLACE ASSOCIATED WITH REPEAL.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S JUST
IMPORTANT THAT HE BE TRUMP AND LEAN INTO THESE PEOPLE.
IT IS COMPLETELY DISHEARTENING TO SEE THE GOP FALL IN LINE
BEHIND THIS GUY.
YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT HAS TO
DO WITH LIFE AND DEATH SITUATIONS.
FOR THEM IT IS JUST A GAME OF PATTY CAKES.
IT IS ALL FUN AND GAMES FOR THEM AND IT IS PATHETIC TO SAY
THE LEAST.
TO PLAY PARTY POLITICS WITH THESE THINGS THAT AFFECT SO MANY
LIVES.
HE IS SUCH A POPULIST PRESIDENT IN A WEIRD WAY.
HE
RODE TO POWER ON THE BACKS OF SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED
HEALTHCARE AND NEED GOVERNMENT HELP.
IT IS THE TRUE IRONY THAT
HAS BEEN MADE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY OF
AMERICANS THAT IS GOING TO BE DROPPING TO THE FLOOR IF THEY
ROLLBACK WHAT IS ON THE BOOKS.