cduggles
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-They didn't know they would lose their coverage until the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) analysis of the actual proposed plan came out, which is why the Republicans put basically the same version to a House vote before the revised CBO report was released that stated only 23 million people would lose their coverage.
When campaigning Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and fix health insurance with a replacement that would be less expensive, provide better services, and be otherwise bigly huge best in every way because "who knew healthcare was so complex?"
And because some people think he's a good businessman (ha!) and a man who loves America and reads stuff, they believed him, and they voted for him.
The End ??
-Yes, the lawsuits have merit due to the emoluments clause, the fact that Trump might make political decisions based on personal financial interests, coupled with the fact that he (and Ivanka and her husband) did not follow tradition by putting their business interests in a blind trust.
However, it's very difficult to sue a sitting President (see Bill Clinton). Not impossible, but Republicans are still running hard defense for him. Best hope is that the independent special counsel digs into his finances looking for Russian money and finds all kinds of funkiness.
-No President has had lower approval ratings entering office in recent history and they have decreased since, no president with the same-party majority in the Senate and House of Representatives (Congress) has failed so miserably at passing legislation through Congress for this period of time, no president has had three government bodies- including a special counsel- conducting investigations because his campaign staff had inappropriate contact with, accepted large sums of money from in at least one case, and could possibly be blackmailed by or colluding with a foreign country, as well as possibly obstructing justice because he fired the head of the FBI when he requested more resources for the investigation, no president has had problems hiring a private lawyer because of his reputation of not listening to their advice (e.g. Tweeting about Comey) or (more importantly) concerns that he won't pay his bills, no president has had more people gather to protest his election at the site of his inauguration (west front of the Capitol building) the day after his inauguration than attended the actual event, no president has had so much trouble filling important positions because of the possible damage to the candidates' reputations, and no president has caused such unease throughout the world (one China policy, Qatar, NATO) or alienated our neighbors (Mexico and Canada) and insulted other allies (e.g., Japan, England, Australia) in such a short time. And I'm betting George W. Bush knew Israel was in the Middle East. 8)
Other presidents have had major problems, obviously, with the controversial Supreme Court decision that put George W. Bush (43) in office, Obama (bitter primaries, racism, and people like Trump claiming he was born in Kenya and therefore ineligible to be president), the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and so on.
The first two examples occurred at the beginning of their respective presidential tenures, but they came in with higher approval ratings and none had the word "impeachment" being thrown around this early in their presidencies.
So I'd say yes he's doing comparably worse than any president in this short of a time in recent history.
Just remember we'd have Mike Pence for president and Paul Ryan for VP if Trump is impeached and voted out by Congress (highly unlikely unless Dems make significant gains in the House).
Be careful what you wish for.
When campaigning Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and fix health insurance with a replacement that would be less expensive, provide better services, and be otherwise bigly huge best in every way because "who knew healthcare was so complex?"
And because some people think he's a good businessman (ha!) and a man who loves America and reads stuff, they believed him, and they voted for him.
The End ??
-Yes, the lawsuits have merit due to the emoluments clause, the fact that Trump might make political decisions based on personal financial interests, coupled with the fact that he (and Ivanka and her husband) did not follow tradition by putting their business interests in a blind trust.
However, it's very difficult to sue a sitting President (see Bill Clinton). Not impossible, but Republicans are still running hard defense for him. Best hope is that the independent special counsel digs into his finances looking for Russian money and finds all kinds of funkiness.
-No President has had lower approval ratings entering office in recent history and they have decreased since, no president with the same-party majority in the Senate and House of Representatives (Congress) has failed so miserably at passing legislation through Congress for this period of time, no president has had three government bodies- including a special counsel- conducting investigations because his campaign staff had inappropriate contact with, accepted large sums of money from in at least one case, and could possibly be blackmailed by or colluding with a foreign country, as well as possibly obstructing justice because he fired the head of the FBI when he requested more resources for the investigation, no president has had problems hiring a private lawyer because of his reputation of not listening to their advice (e.g. Tweeting about Comey) or (more importantly) concerns that he won't pay his bills, no president has had more people gather to protest his election at the site of his inauguration (west front of the Capitol building) the day after his inauguration than attended the actual event, no president has had so much trouble filling important positions because of the possible damage to the candidates' reputations, and no president has caused such unease throughout the world (one China policy, Qatar, NATO) or alienated our neighbors (Mexico and Canada) and insulted other allies (e.g., Japan, England, Australia) in such a short time. And I'm betting George W. Bush knew Israel was in the Middle East. 8)
Other presidents have had major problems, obviously, with the controversial Supreme Court decision that put George W. Bush (43) in office, Obama (bitter primaries, racism, and people like Trump claiming he was born in Kenya and therefore ineligible to be president), the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and so on.
The first two examples occurred at the beginning of their respective presidential tenures, but they came in with higher approval ratings and none had the word "impeachment" being thrown around this early in their presidencies.
So I'd say yes he's doing comparably worse than any president in this short of a time in recent history.
Just remember we'd have Mike Pence for president and Paul Ryan for VP if Trump is impeached and voted out by Congress (highly unlikely unless Dems make significant gains in the House).
Be careful what you wish for.
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