Trump's Big CON: It's All About the Show, Health Care Edition, Cont.

UPDATE III: What did they expect. Trump is "loyal to no one and believes in nothing, so whenever their actions draw criticism, Trump will be among the first to cut and run, decrying the very action he demanded his party take.

Ironically, as Republicans refuse to distance themselves from Trump’s egregious behavior, scandals and ethical shortcomings, he repays them — by creating the perfect soundbite for Democratic ads in 2018.

The House GOP threw the American Health Care Act together with little regard to its impact on ordinary Americans and was willing to slash health care for the poor and middle class while shoveling tax cuts into the coffers of the richest Americans. Trump insisted they pass something and then threw a celebration in the Rose Garden. So much for that.

Trump, of course, cares not even a tiny bit about substance — and we have yet to see him demonstrate even a rudimentary knowledge of what is in the bill. Having made a bargain with a policy know-nothing who lacks any interest in anything but his own winning, Republicans now find themselves excoriated for the very same reason Democrats lambasted the bill.

We have observed frequently that Trump’s rotten character and flightiness makes legislation nearly impossible. Ryan made precisely the opposite bet, namely that Trump’s character and intellectual deficits hardly mattered because he could help Republicans get what they wanted. In fact, Trump’s defects make it nearly impossible for Ryan to achieve his aims. "

Read the Washington Post, Trump predictably abandons the AHCA — and Democrats’ 2018 gift comes early.

UPDATE II: To "note how contemptibly dishonest" Republi-CONs are regarding Obamacare,

Read the AP, Obamacare ‘death spiral’ is a half-told tale, which notes 23 million more people will be uninsured  under the Republi-CON so-called health care plan.

UPDATE:  Not just 'mean', a "source said Trump called the House bill 'mean, mean, mean'".

Read the AP, Trump tells senators House health bill ‘mean’.

Trump says whatever necessary for praise and adulation.

Then: For months Trump called the the Affordable Care Act "'great' and urged GOP lawmakers to vote for it. Following the House vote, Trump hosted an event in the Rose Garden to celebrate its passage."

Now: "President Trump told Republican senators Tuesday that the House GOP health-care bill was 'mean' and he expects the Senate to 'improve' the legislation considerably, according to several Republicans familiar with the gathering."

Read the Washington Post, Trump calls House health bill that he celebrated in the Rose Garden ‘mean’.

But who cares, it's all 'bout the show, 'bout the show, stupid people!!! (Repeat til you get it).