Trump regrets putting ObamaCare repeal on top of agenda, blames Ryan: report
Source: The Hill
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 09/08/17 10:28 AM EDT
President Trump reportedly regrets putting repealing and replacing ObamaCare at the top of his legislative agenda and blames House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for assuring him that a health-care overhaul was sure to pass in the GOP-controlled Congress
Trump has privately fumed that Republican congressional leaders, including Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), misled him on health care, among other issues, the Associated Press reported Friday.
The House rejected an initial proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act before finally passing a revised measure earlier this year. But the effort later floundered in the Senate, and was ultimately upended in July when the chamber narrowly voted down a slimmed-down ObamaCare repeal bill. Trump has voiced particular frustration with McConnell for that failure.
Still, the president's relationship with Ryan has grown frosty recently, according to the AP. The two men talk less frequently than they used to, and Trump very publicly broke with the speaker this week when he agreed to a deal with House and Senate Democratic leaders on a short-term debt ceiling increase.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349788-trump-regrets-putting-obamacare-repeal-on-top-of-agenda-blames-ryan
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)No politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly
lark
(23,199 posts)No politician in history has ever been worse, he's such a traitorous, venal, hate filled, criminal & liar.
Yonnie3
(17,516 posts)If any one has been lied to and treated unfairly, it would be the people in the US of A.
There is a way out 45. Be sure to take Pence with you!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)all those lies about ACA Republicans pushed for years.
Ryan & McConnel, (along with R-TV fox lies) fed trump the same lies and he believed them for the past year.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I guess he is too easily misled?
barbtries
(28,823 posts)the man's never made a mistake in 71 years. never.
underpants
(183,041 posts)It was one of the highlights of his wrestling event rallies?
Nasruddin
(756 posts)The cry of the drowning narc.
Hey - how's that wall coming? Lock her up!
ananda
(28,914 posts)He's doing enough damage to Obamacare by himself.
Insurance rates are going WAY up next year, for instance.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)The man has no pride, and apparently no ego. "Yes Sir!, May I have another?"
Can't say I don't derive some satisfaction from this, either.
groundloop
(11,537 posts)Typical of other rich right wingers I've known. He could take responsibility for the failure, or he could very easily just let the issue go away. But being the arrogant asshole that he is there absolutely must be someone to blame.
iluvtennis
(19,912 posts)...who made his own decision. Now cuz it doesn't go the way he wanted, he makes Ryan the scapegoat. Un-fkn-believable.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)"and now it's time for Republicans eating their own!"
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)How is Ryan responsible for what he fed his slack jawed supporters for the entire campaign?
Marthe48
(17,128 posts)thinking wider support will save his ass. Hoho, wrong again, dumbass.
Nitram
(22,971 posts)more coverage and lower cost, was second only to beating up on immigrants in his campaign platform.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,514 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)Trump is the boss
He is at a loss..
To take responsibility
He is a no show
Cause he is so low
Idiot to a tee.
A leader knows what to say
On any given day
Truman could see clear.....
Cause the buck stops here.
DFW
(54,506 posts)Trump was SO fixated during the campaign that repealing the ACA was one of the project he was going to start with on "day one" of his administration. Is he suddenly blaming Ryan for THAT? So Ryan was exerting secret influence over Trump's campaign all the time. No WONDER Bannon was so pissed at him!! And they say no one can keep a secret in Washington...........
You can't blame ryan (odious as he is) for your obsession with obliterating anything President Obama did.
If there is any sort of accurate history written of this disastrous presidency, dump's fixation on the previous president will be given center state. dump appears to be driven by this hatred above all else. Hope the record shows that he should be reviled for placing his personal revenge on a black man above the good of the nation.
IronLionZion
(45,666 posts)Dude fails at the first rule of leadership. I hate people like this.
They don't make presidents like they used to
Javaman
(62,540 posts)20 Diversion Tactics Highly Manipulative Narcissists, Sociopaths And Psychopaths Use To Silence You
https://thoughtcatalog.com/shahida-arabi/2016/06/20-diversion-tactics-highly-manipulative-narcissists-sociopaths-and-psychopaths-use-to-silence-you/
2. Projection.
One sure sign of toxicity is when a person is chronically unwilling to see his or her own shortcomings and uses everything in their power to avoid being held accountable for them. This is known as projection. Projection is a defense mechanism used to displace responsibility of ones negative behavior and traits by attributing them to someone else. It ultimately acts as a digression that avoids ownership and accountability.
While we all engage in projection to some extent, according to Narcissistic Personality clinical expert Dr. Martinez-Lewi, the projections of a narcissist are often psychologically abusive. Rather than acknowledge their own flaws, imperfections and wrongdoings, malignant narcissists and sociopaths opt to dump their own traits on their unsuspecting suspects in a way that is painful and excessively cruel. Instead of admitting that self-improvement may be in order, they would prefer that their victims take responsibility for their behavior and feel ashamed of themselves. This is a way for a narcissist to project any toxic shame they have about themselves onto another.
For example, a person who engages in pathological lying may accuse their partner of fibbing; a needy spouse may call their husband clingy in an attempt to depict them as the one who is dependent; a rude employee may call their boss ineffective in an effort to escape the truth about their own productivity.
Narcissistic abusers love to play the blameshifting game. Objectives of the game: they win, you lose, and you or the world at large is blamed for everything thats wrong with them. This way, you get to babysit their fragile ego while youre thrust into a sea of self-doubt. Fun, right?
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So much more at link...
Permanut
(5,714 posts)Thanks Javaman!
syringis
(5,101 posts)Blaming anyone but himself for his own failures.
Am I wrong or is he seeking a rapprochement with Democrats?
Javaman
(62,540 posts)what a fucking lying ignoramus.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)and its far from over Mr. Trump if you count your growing (R)ussian problems
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)It must be really dead if Trump doesn't want its stink on him.