US president Donald Trump has changed his mind on the future path for healthcare on Wednesday, telling senators to ‘get it done’ and adding that politicians ‘shouldn’t leave town until this is complete’. This marks a departure from Trump’s statements earlier in the week after the Republican party’s healthcare bill failed to gather enough support to pass and the president said he would instead ‘let Obamacare fail’
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Donald Trump changes his mind on healthcare: ‘Get it done’ – video
US president Donald Trump has changed his mind on the future path for healthcare on Wednesday, telling senators to ‘get it done’ and adding that politicians ‘shouldn’t leave town until this is complete’. This marks a departure from Trump’s statements earlier in the week after the Republican party’s healthcare bill failed to gather enough support to pass and the president said he would instead ‘let Obamacare fail’
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With cameras rolling, Trump tries to bully Republican senator into supporting Trumpcare
“He wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?”CREDIT: Fox News screengrab
During remarks to reporters following a Republican health care luncheon at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump threatened to end Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) tenure in the US Senate if he doesn’t vote in favor of Trumpcare.
Alluding to the announcement Republican senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) made on ...
Trump changes mind again, telling senators to get health bill ‘on my desk’
Within a day of telling Republicans to simply ‘let Obamacare fail’, president says they should cancel their August break to address healthcare reform
Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump advised Republicans to “let Obamacare fail”, he once again switched course and told senators to cancel their August recess and remain in Washington until they overhaul the healthcare law.
During an uncomfortable lunch on Wednesday, Trump warned Republican senators that “inaction” was not an o...
John Legend says Trump ‘wants more people to die so he can embarrass Obama’
Singer John Legend criticizes U.S. President Donald Trump over his attempts to repeal Obamacare.
Trump makes wild promises about ‘new’ version of Trumpcare
He’s back on repeal and replace and says nobody’s going home until it’s done.President Donald Trump speaks during a luncheon with GOP Senators, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in the State Dinning Room of the White House. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
The day after the Senate’s third proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act flatlined, killed by three Republican senators who opposed Senate Majo...
Rev. Barber: An open letter to clergy who prayed with Donald Trump
The Scripture cautions us to lay hands on no man suddenly, lest we become a party to his sins.CREDIT: AP/David Goldman
Dear Reverends Jack Graham, Johnnie Moore, Greg Laurie, Paula White, Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Jr., and others,
I write you with a heavy heart as a fellow Christian and a fellow preacher during a trying time in our nation’s public life. Last week, Capitol Hill police arres...
Trump’s incoherent health care position, in 3 tweets
He’s in favor of everything and nothing.CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
After Senate Republican defections killed off the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday night, President Trump tweeted his support for changing course and immediately repealing Obamacare before a bipartisan replacement plan is drawn up at some point down the road.
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Healthcare plan flatlines again
• Senate plan ‘B’ fails… then plan ‘C’ fails… Trump plans to blame Democrats… ‘We’re not going to own it’
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After the collapse of a Republican health care reform bill in the Senate Monday night, leader Mitch McConnell declared a new plan, which then immediately collapsed. Barack Obama’s healthcare law lives on…
Last-ditch effort thwarted