Senator: Trump "seemed especially confused" at WH TrumpCare meeting

[Miles Archer]

“A senator who supports the bill left the meeting at the White House with a sense that the president did not have a grasp of some basic elements of the Senate plan — and seemed especially confused when a moderate Republican complained that opponents of the bill would cast it as a massive tax break for the wealthy,” the Times reported a senate staffer revealed.

The senator also said that Trump said he would navigate tax reform later, and seemed to ignore the tax implications that are part of the new health bill.

Trump then went on to declare victory of the meeting.

“I just finished a great meeting with the Republican Senators concerning HealthCare,” he tweeted. “They really want to get it right, unlike OCare!”

“If we don’t get it done it’s just going to be something that we’re not going to like and that’s OK and I understand that very well,” Trump said before the press was asked to leave the meeting.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trump-bombed-at-gop-senate-health-care-meeting-because-he-was-clueless-about-what-was-in-the-bill/

[vlyons]

1. Vaudeville at the White House

Republican Trump tells a few lies, does a little softshoe dance, slips on a banana peel. Look at the expression on Murkowski's face. If only she could throw an iron skillet at him.

[get the red out]

2. Republican Senators are confused

If they expected Trump would have a clue about anything in a piece of legislation.

[Ezior]

3. Republican Senators just found out that water is wet

They expected Trump to have a clue?

[Dustlawyer]

19. What do they expect, he gets all of his news from Fox News, I mean this!

Fox isn't talking about the massive tax break give away the Bill accomplishes or else their base might get a clue!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Right ! I flipped over to Fox when the 22 billion number came out. You know what their headline

was? Trumpcare cuts deficit by $whatever

[chelsea0011]

6. All trump knows how to do is sign his name on Executive Orders. He is

completely unqualified to do anything else a POTUS might be expected to do. Believe it. He can't even meet with world leaders without fucking that up.

[ewagner]

31. Remember......

when a top Republican operative stated that all Conservatives require of a President is someone with enough manual dexterity to sign his name?

They got their wish....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. You could tell he really digs signing those orders - "this is so great being president ! It's easy

I just think of anything I want to do, tell someone to write it up, and I get to be on teevee, and sign it surrounded by my faithful adorers."

[Buckeyeblue]

4. So no one sits him down

And explains how this piece or that piece of legislation works? It's unbelievable.

[Miles Archer]

5. If they do, he doesn't listen anyway.

"The senator also said that Trump said he would navigate tax reform later, and seemed to ignore the tax implications that are part of the new health bill."

[madokie]

22. Theres no sitting

that goofy bastard down and explaining anything to him. He is incapable of learning. He is stupid and dumb as a post.

[NewJeffCT]

34. He needs to be spoonfed information

with lots of pictures and his name highlighted all over the page. So, things like "details" aren't part of his briefings

Not joking.

[onethatcares]

7. the casino conman was

thinking about the Irish reporter. Do you actually think he has room in that head for two thoughts at one time?

[Miles Archer]

21. He moved on the Irish reporter very heavily, like a *****, but just couldn't get there

I wonder if he considered taking her shopping for furniture, and if he had remembered his Tic Tacs before making his move.

What an embarrassment.

[JI7]

8. why are people still surprised he is a clueless fucking idiot ?

[narnian60]

11. +1

[RobinA]

41. I Can't Believe

people were EVER surprised that he was a clueless fucking idiot, but yeah, it does get more mindblowing the further down this road we get.

[bdamomma]

47. and he's sitting in the WH????

it is really disgusting how much turmoil we are in. He needs to goooooooo.....he is a BS artist.

He is really going to screw a lot of people.

[DetlefK]

9. That's because Trump isn't the kind of boss who cares about your work.

You get hired, you do the job, he takes credit, you get fired.
Trump doesn't care about details.
He doesn't care about sabotaging the people who work for him.
He cares so little about what the people working for him are actually doing that he doesn't even know how to HIRE qualified people.

You are asking for proof?

Here's an example: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Trump knows so little about what's the problem, that he thinks he can hire random people to take care of it.

Another example: WH-staff.
The climate is toxic and full of backstabbing, and all Trump is noticing from the workplace is that nothing gets done.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I.e., He uses these types of things for photo-ops. nt

[DFW]

10. Probably one of the most repeated phrases in Washington these days:

"Trump seemed a little in over his depth when trying to discuss this issue."

[mythology]

15. He's in over his depth in a puddle.

[DFW]

18. True, that! n/t

[Miles Archer]

23. HEY! He's new at the job

Remember the Republican mantra about Obama being unfit for the job because he'd "only" been a Senator?

[DFW]

26. And Trump has "only" been $2 billion in debt

It's one of those philosophical questions, like "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a noise?"

If Trump says he has a net worth of $7 billion and debts of $9 billion, is he rich? I guess the answer is, "if he plans to enege on his debts, then he is rich."

It is true after all: steal $100, and you're a criminal. Steal $100 million, and you're a hero.

[Wednesdays]

29. $100, nothing

They split your head open if you shoplift a can of tuna.

[DFW]

42. Didn't know it had gotten that bad

I haven't lived in the States for years now. In Germany, it's the opposite. Rob a store and bash the owner's head in with a baseball bat, you get 6 months, suspended. In France, it's even crazier. A shop owner I knew was attacked, in his shop, by a Bulgarian "regular customer" with a hammer. He was 70 years old, but managed to grab the hammer from his attacker while blood was streaming from his head, and subdue the Bulgarian with it. The Bulgarian was let off on the name of "tolerance" and the shop owner was charged with assault and battery (happy ending: not convicted).

[YCHDT]

36. Trump is a special level of stupid

[DFW]

44. The way he's going...

They'll grant him a patent without his even applying for it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. Anyone who reads Tony Schwartz's descriptions of Trump...

... should come away frightened. There's been no public contradictions to the behavior.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

[BumRushDaShow]

14. "complained that opponents of the bill would cast it as a massive tax break for the wealthy"

Because that's exactly what it is. They don't need another "tax reform" piece of legislation because this is it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

38. And that confused him because that's what he wants, so he expects the bill's supporters to say that

Since this was not a public meeting, he thought they'd all admit that this is about giving more money to the extremely rich, and celebrate that.

[Alice11111]

16. Well, his source of info is Fox, which ignore stories unfavorable

to Repubs, even if EVERY world newspaper is reporting the stories...then there are alternative facts and feeedom facts has fredom which he thinks everone know.When he sits do to discuss rhe facts w prople who know something, he must think he is in a whole new world

[Buckeye_Democrat]

30. Yep. That's how he was so in tune with morons who watch that crap.

It wasn't Trump being a "political genius" to win their support early in the GOP primaries. He was just repeating the garbage that he saw on FOX and the FOX-bot voters approved it.

[Alice11111]

46. Afraid you are spot on. Fox needs to go!

More boycotts by advertisers. We should call them out, but who can stand to watch them for mote than 5 min.
I read their mobile news to compare what garbage they are reporting. It is not as bad as TV. Guess they figure their audience can't or don't read.

[oberliner]

17. He just tweeted about this

Link to tweet

[jimlup]

20. What a total clueless dumbass

[TNNurse]

24. The King has no clothes

but no one present will point that out.

[3catwoman3]

25. What the hell does that last...

...sentence even mean?

[Miles Archer]

28. The M*A*S*H "AHHH...BACH" moment

Famous scene from M*A*S*H...Radar doesn't have a clue about how to talk with women. Hawkeye tells him that whenever he doesn't know what to say he should simply sigh and say "Ahhh...BACH." Radar tries it and one woman replies "What's that MEAN?"



Trump simply opens his mouth and things come out and then we get to see Reince Priebus at the other end of the table, telling him how blessed he is to have a job in his administration.

"Ahhhh...BACH."

[Docreed2003]

37. Lmao...exactly right! One of my favorite episodes!

[3catwoman3]

39. I remember that scene!

Whenever POSUS (my new acronym for Trump - Piece of $h!t of the United States) says anything, my usual response as, "Aah, crap!"

[Thrill]

27. Dude is over his head

[yellowcanine]

43. The Dude Emperor is wearing no clothes.

[AllyCat]

33. He exists in a world between times

That he spins,understands, and remembers to be all about him.

[Docreed2003]

40. What trump knows about healthcare amounts to exactly jack and crap...

When he was pushed about the details of his plan in an interview around the time of the election, it was blatantly obvious that he had no concept of the problems with the ACA and his "magnificent plan" was nothing more than buzzwords and campaign jargon....it would be magnificent because it would have his name attached to it, essentially.

The anti-intellectuals have won this round with Trump as president. He doesn't have either the intellect or the desire to learn the intricacies of this bill. His sole motivation is closing the deal, a win. He's the convenient idiot for the GOP's Randian wet dreams.

If these fuckers stay in power, look for them to dismantle Medicare and SS in similar fashion

[Tommy_Carcetti]

45. "Listen, we all know this can be easily paid for by the internet tax."

"Am I right?"