Trump’s real 2020 weakness: healthcare | Lloyd Green

July 11, 2019 Democrats, Donald Trump, health insurance, Healthcare industry, News, Republicans, US politics

The Affordable Care Act – AKA Obamacare – is more popular than Trump and the Republican party realize. They’ve opened themselves to an ambush
Unemployment and inflation are low. America growls, but its sword is sheathed. Donald Trump should be preaching peace and prosperity. Instead, the president appears determined to make his re-election bid about healthcare and relitigate the 2018 midterms. If past is prelude, that tale doesn’t come with a happy ending for Trump or his party.
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