“When it explodes, they’ll come to me to make a deal,” Mr. Trump told The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman. Any hope that Friday’s experience might encourage Mr. Trump to work with Democrats to fix the law’s shortcomings died with that statement. Having fundamentally misread the likelihood of success, Mr. Trump and his advisers fully embraced the health care legislation. Lawmakers who disagree with Mr. Trump have seen him buckle in the face of pressure. In comments to reporters, Mr. Trump vowed to “start going very, very strongly for the big tax cuts and tax reform.

Source: New York Times March 25, 2017 00:56 UTC