{"id":14999,"date":"2017-04-03T09:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T14:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=14999"},"modified":"2017-06-26T10:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T15:15:32","slug":"in-life-and-liberty-the-art-of-the-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/04\/03\/in-life-and-liberty-the-art-of-the-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"In Life and Liberty: ‘The art of the deal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Health Care Act that President Trump so proudly introduced to the public has turned out to be a dismal failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill was retracted a couple of weeks ago when it became apparent that the Republican majority was not going to vote it through.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently, taking a health care bill and making it worse doesn\u2019t sell well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Trump has talked a lot about how well he makes deals. He even has a book called \u201cTrump: The Art of the Deal.\u201d He quotes himself from it every now and again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump would like you to know that he can still make deals and he is still the best. His campaign rhetoric of his ability to get the job done is still true. In fact, it\u2019s not even his fault that the bill fell through and they had to pull it all together.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Democrats, the Freedom Caucus, Club for Growth and Heritage, Obamacare and Planned Parenthood\u2019s fault.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, apparently politics are complicated and Trump can\u2019t pass bills at the snap of his fingers, which is news to him and to me. Who knew health care could be so complicated?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe learned a lot about loyalty,\u201d Trump said after the bill was withdrawn Friday. \u201cWe learned a lot about some very arcane rules in, obviously, both the Senate and in the House. So, it\u2019s been certainly, for me, it\u2019s been a very interesting experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s the rules\u2019 fault as well. I don\u2019t know who exactly placed those rules in the House and Senate but it\u2019s their fault too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Ryan, who thought that riding on the back of a president would work for him, is also facing severe backlash for the failure of the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were a 10-year opposition party, where being against things was easy to do,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cYou just had to be against it. Now, in three months\u2019 time, we tried to go to a governing party where we actually had to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Ryan is blaming growing pains. Apparently, their only job in 10 years has been to oppose things instead of, you know, actually having a message and philosophy that the party can rally behind and stand for.<\/span><\/p>\n

For at least the next four years, it will be the Democrats turns to be the opposition party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of actually doing things that may benefit members of a party or the American public, let\u2019s just oppose anything and everything because someone they don\u2019t like or support it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, health care is just stuck in a steaming pile of goo and no one really knows what\u2019s going to happen with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least there\u2019s some sort of health care plan in place right now and politicians aren\u2019t just leaving Americans hanging because of, you know, politics.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the government could just get past their growing pains and actually govern things, that would be fantastic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe they could start by producing a health care bill that members of their own party will sign onto. But that\u2019s just an idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

No one knows if Trump and Ryan are going to go back to the drawing board or if Trump is just going to keep on subtlety taking jabs at Ryan\u2019s credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump could possibly decide to move onto something else, like this wall that he\u2019s been talking about. They may need a plan as to how they are going to make parts of it \u201csee through\u201d and actually affordable.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, I don\u2019t think anyone knows what\u2019s next for the Trump administration, but they will certainly enjoy keeping us on our toes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Laina Yost<\/strong>
\nManaging Editor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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