Dazed and confused
by digby
At what point do these Republicans have to admit that there’s something seriously wrong with him?
Here’s a quote from the NY Times interview:
TRUMP: This health care is a tough deal. I said it from the beginning. No. 1, you know, a lot of the papers were saying — actually, these guys couldn’t believe it, how much I know about it. I know a lot about health care.
He did not say it from the beginning. He said it as gong to be “so easy.”
And George H.W. Bush’s dead dog Millie knows more about health care than this bozo. (Some of you oldies will get that joke.)
For instance:
TRUMP: But what it does, Maggie, it means it gets tougher and tougher. As they get something, it gets tougher. Because politically, you can’t give it away. So pre-existing conditions are a tough deal. Because you are basically saying from the moment the insurance, you’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you’re 70, you get a nice plan. Here’s something where you walk up and say, “I want my insurance.” It’s a very tough deal, but it is something that we’re doing a good job of.
What? Where does insurance cost 12 dollars a year? Is he talking about life insurance? Does he know the difference?
Ok, his pathological bragging aside, he’s just a stupid rich guy who’s never had to bother with something like this and doesn’t think he has to learn. Fine. How can we explain that he hasn’t even figured out whether he’s for “repeal and replace” or “repeal and delay” or “let’s let everything all go to hell and then blame the Democrats.” He has no idea who’s voting for what or what their concerns are. He’s completely confused about when the votes are.
He is completely addled.
Is that just the new normal? The Emperor’s new straight-jacket?
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