Trump boasts that the vote on the G.O.P. Health Care Plan would have been 48-4. That's right. He's boasting about a loss and not even one to an opposition party. Is this the kind of "winning" we were all supposed to get sick of? How is it that I think most Trump voters are a lot smarter than he does? Jonathan Chait has more on this.
Jonathan Chait also explains why the G.O.P. Health Care Bill failed. It's because, he says, the party cannot govern. That's probably so but I thought of another reason. We're talking here about a bill that had 16% support out there. Even people who hate Obamacare thought this was worse.
And Ezra Klein notes that more people than ever think Obamacare is a pretty good system.
While campaigning, Trump said that NAFTA was the worst deal ever made. He also said that the Iran deal was the worst deal ever made. He vowed to kill or completely transform both…and what's he doing now? He's making minor tweaks to NAFTA and leaving the Iran deal as it is.
And finally for now: It's costing us a helluva lot of money to have Trump live the lifestyle he wants. How come all those Republicans who complained about imaginary Obama travel expenses aren't outraged about this? Oh, right. Outrage is only for the opposition.