THE PASSAGE OF THE SENATE HEALTHCARE BILL IS STILL
VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR.
IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AS YOU KNOW
FROM WATCHING THE SHOW, BUT RIGHT NOW DONALD TRUMP IS
STEPPING IN AND SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS BELIEVE THAT HE
COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF BROKERING SOME KIND OF DEAL.
HE CERTAINLY SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS
DEALMAKING ABILITIES, AND YET IN THIS VIDEO WE ARE GOING TO BREAK
DOWN SOME OF THE REASONS WHY HE MIGHT NOT BE MUCH USE FOR THEM.
FIRST, HERE'S SOME VIDEO FROM TODAY'S ROUNDTABLE.
HERE
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TRUMP TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBLE
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL AND I WANT YOU TO EVALUATE, AS YOU LISTEN
TO THIS, HOW CONFIDENT HE SOUNDS.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO I INVITED
ALL OF YOU AND I THINK WE HAVE EITHER 52 OUT OF 52 OR 50
OUT OF 52 AND JOHN, EITHER ONE IS PRETTY GOOD.
AS A PERCENTAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE BUT FOR THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE TO
HAVE HEALTH CARE AND IT CAN'T BE OBAMACARE WHICH IS MELTING
DOWN.
THE OTHER SIDE IS SAYING ALL SORTS OF THINGS BEFORE THEY
EVEN KNEW WHAT THE BILL WAS.
THIS WILL BE GREAT IF WE GET IT DONE IF WE DON'T, IT IS
JUST GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE
AND THAT IS OKAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL.
WE ARE EITHER GOING TO GET ITS UNDERWEAR AND I AM THEN
WE WON'T LIKE THAT.
HE SEEMS AS CONFUSES THE CAMERAMAN.
THE CAMERAMAN IS LIKE ON MY SUPPOSED TO BE ON?
THERE HE SAID IT CAN'T BE OBAMA CARE, IT IS MELTING DOWN.
IN ANOTHER PORTION HE SAID IT IS DYING, IT IS BAD, HE
WOULD DIE LATER TODAY IF WE DIDN'T STOP IT FROM DYING
AND HE SAID ONCE AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE EITHER GOING TO GET
VERY CLOSE OR MAYBE WE CAN PASS IT.
I KNOW THAT I AM HYPERCRITICAL OF HIM, BUT WHEN HE SAYS I
THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET VERY CLOSE, HE DOESN'T SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT MEANS IT WOULD NOT BECOME LAW.
HE THINKS YOU GET MOST OF IT IF YOU GET VERY CLOSE IT.
NO, YOU GET NOTHING.
YOU LOSE.
THERE IS ANOTHER STUNNING PART OF THIS GET TOGETHER, IT IS
ACTUALLY TWO MORE, BUT ALONG THE THEME OF HOW LITTLE CHOP NOSE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
EVEN IF YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER, YOU'RE BEGINNING
TO GET A SENSE OF IT.
I SAW HIM ON TV THERE THIS THING AND THERE WAS NO VOLUME ON
AN I'M ALWAYS THINKING, WHAT WOULD A PERSON IN THE
MIDDLE OF KANSAS THING?
I THINK EVEN THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE OF KANSAS IS LOOKING
AT THE TV GOING, OH NO, WHAT IS HE SAYING NOW?
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MEETING, I WILL TELL YOU.
THE REPUBLICANS EXPLAINED TO HIM ABOUT THE TAX BREAK FOR THE
WEALTHY AND HOW OPPONENTS OF THE BILL ARE BEATING THEM UP ON
IT SAYING HEY, THIS IS JUST A TIGHT GIANT TAX CUT FOR THE
RICH AND TRUMP DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
IT'S A HUGE PART OF THE BILL THAT ANYONE CAN SEE.
IF YOU'RE REPUBLICAN, DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S A HUGE PART OF
THE BILL.
I THINK IT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF WHY THEY HAVE BEEN
ATTACKING OBAMACARE AND YOU CAN'T WAIT TO REPEAL IN.
CERTAINLY THE REPUBLICAN DONORS FEEL
THAT WAY AND IT MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
TRUMP RESPONDS AND SAYS WE'RE GOING TO DO TAX REFORM
LATER, WE'RE DOING HEALTHCARE NOW.
THEY WERE LIKE, NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TAX CUTS IN
HEALTHCARE REFORM AND HE JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
THAT FALLS A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU GUYS.
HE USED TO SAY ABOUT OBAMA, THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS WOULD SAY HE IS
PLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL CHEST AND USE SIMPLETONS CAN'T
UNDERSTAND.
TRUMP IS NOT EVEN PLAYING ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHESS.
THERE IS SOME THEORIES LIKE HE SENT BATS WE AS A
DISTRACTION, AS A STRATEGY TO DO X OR Y.
THERE IS NO STRATEGY ON ANYTHING.
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PARTS OF GIANT
BILLS THAT HIS PRESIDENCY HINGES ON.
HE SAID HE WOULD GET RID OF OBAMACARE AND THAT HE WOULD
REPLACE IT WITH THIS MAGICAL THING THAT LOWERED YOUR RATES BY
GIVING BETTER HEALTH INSURANCE AND COVER EVERYONE AND SAVE
THE COUNTRY.
OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T EXIST AND THIS CERTAINLY
ISN'T IT BUT HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS IN THIS BILL.
THE OTHER PUBLICANS ARE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE THE MEETING.
THEY'RE LIKE OH MY GOD, HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
BUT, HE COULD KNOW SOMETHINGÖ WAY HE IS GOING TO LEARN
THE DETAILS OF THIS LEGISLATION IS THIS JOHN OLIVER RUNS
ANOTHER AD DURING FOX AND FRIENDS.
WE KNOW HE WATCHES HOURS OF TV.
IT IS COMPLEX, UNDERSTAND.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS BILL EVERY DAY BUT WE SPENT ONE DAY IN
PARTICULAR AS SOON AS THE SENATE BILL CAME OUT BREAKING DOWN
THE MAJOR STIPULATIONS OF IT AND THAT IS COMPRESSING SO MUCH
INFORMATION FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES TO TRY TO
SKETCH OUT THE BROAD STROKES OF IT.
HE IS NOT EVEN GETTING INTO THE BRUSHSTROKES LITTLE IN THE
SPECIFICS AND SO HE IS SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLAUDING
THIS BILL THAT HE HAS DEMONSTRATED NO UNDERSTANDING
OF THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE HOUSE BILL THAT HE CELEBRATED
WHEN IT PASSED BUT THEN STARTED ATTACKING AS BEING HEARTLESS
AND TOO CRUEL AND NEEDED MAJOR CHANGES IN HIS SAYING THAT
HE IS MASSIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PASSAGE OF THIS ONE WHILE THE
SAME TIME PROVIDING NO EVIDENCE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS
IN IT AND SAYING THAT IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THAT WILL BE OKAY.
IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN SENATOR RIGHT NOW AND
THEORETICALLY, YOU ARE THINKING, OKAY, IF WE DON'T PASS THIS
THIS COULD BE BAD FOR ME.
IF WE DO PASS IT, I COULD USE MY LOSE MY REELECTION BY AND
YOU ARE LOOKING TO THAT BOZO AS YOUR BIG, POWERFUL ALLY, I
WOULD HAVE NO CONFIDENCE WHATSOEVER SO WHEN HE DOES
THESE MEETINGS, THAT HAS GOT TO BE HURTING THEIR EFFORTS.
HERE IS ANOTHER QUOTE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.
WHEN ASKED BY REPORTERS CLUSTERED ON THE BLACKTOP
OUTSIDE OF THE WEST WING OF MISTER TRUMP HAD COMMAND OF
THE DETAILS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, MISTER MCCONNELL IGNORED
THE QUESTION AND SMILED BLANDLY.
IN OTHER WORDS, OF COURSE I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION
AND OF COURSE HE DOESN'T HAVE COMMAND OF THE DETAILS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DETAILS?
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE BIGGEST PART OF THE BILL.
SO JOHN, GOOD POINT THAT IT IS HARDER TO ROW LIGHT RALLY
POLITICAL ALLIES TO YOUR SITE IF THEY HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT YOU
EVEN UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU RALLIED PEOPLE TO AND HENCE, WHAT
ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT AND IF I CROSS YOU, WILL YOU
EVEN REMEMBER IT DIVE I SUPPORT YOU WILL YOU REMEMBER IT?
OR WILL YOU LIE ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY?
OR IN THE CASE, LOOK, HE WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE
HOUSE BILL SUPPOSEDLY AND THEN HE STARTED ATTACKING IT.
IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN CENTER YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
POPULAR POSSIBILITY THAT IF YOU WAGER YOUR CAREER ON THIS
BILL THAT IN THE MIDTERMS HE MIGHT ATTACK YOU FOR IT.
WE USED TO SAY THAT HE IS A THIRD-GRADER, IT IS LIKE TALKING
TO A THIRD-GRADER BECAUSE THAT IS THE LEVEL OF LANGUAGE THAT HE
USES ACCORDING TO ACTUAL ANALYSIS BUT I HAVE TO
LOWER IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A THREE-YEAR-OLD BECAUSE I
CAN TALK TO A THIRD-GRADER AND HAVE HIM UNDERSTAND THINGS
AND WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH NO PROBLEM.
IT IS LIKE TALKING TO A THREE-YEAR-OLD.
DO WE HAVE A DEAL?
AND HE SAYS DEAL.
BUT THEY DON'T KNOW.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT DEAL MEANS.
HE JUST ONE JUICE.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT THAT ALONG THESE LINES, HE SENDS HIS PACKET
TO ATTACK DEAN HELLER, WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM
NEVADA WHO IS AMONG THE VULNERABLE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS AND THEY START ATTACKING THEM.
MITCH MCCONNELL GETS IRATE OVER IT.
HE CALLS THE WHITE HOUSE AND SAYS THAT MOVIES QUOTES
BEYOND STUPID.
THEN HE SMILED BLANDLY.
THEY LIKE, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ATTACK THE SENATOR.
OKAY, AND THEN THEY REALLY BACK IN.
BY THE WAY, MEANWHILE, PRETTY MUCH COMPLETELY ADMITTING
THAT THEY ARE NOT AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT.
EVERYONE TECHNOLOGY IS THAT THEY CONTACTED DONALD TRUMP,
DONALD TRUMP OKAY GOING AFTER HELLER WITH THIS MULTIMILLION
DOLLAR DAD BY, WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
HOW IS IS OPERATING, NOTHING IS GOING TO INVESTIGATOR THE
REPUBLICANS OF THE SENATE OR HOUSE ARE GOING TO
INVESTIGATE, BUT IT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE BLATANT AND OTHER
THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
HAVE IN THE SUPER PACKS OR ANY PACK COURT MAY WITH A CANDIDATE,
SUPER PACK COORDINATE WITH THE CANDIDATE IS AGAINST THE LAW.
THEY SAID NO, IT IS OKAY THOUGH, BECAUSE AS IT IS AN
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.
WE'RE NOT CORDONING, WHERE TOTALLY INDEPENDENT.CO FROM
THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT THE MOVE BECAUSE MISTER HELLER HAD
THE BLESSING OF THE WHITE HOUSE ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL
WITH AMERICA 1ST.
THAT IS THE PACK THING YEAH, WE CALL THE WHITE HOUSE, WE
COORDINATED WITH THEM.
THEY TOLD US TO ATTACK THAT SENATOR.
HOW IS THAT NOT AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION CLUSTER
I DON'T KNOW, HE IS ALSO HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR HIS CAMPAIGN
AT ONE OF HIS HOTELS I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
HIS CAMPAIGN WILL MAKE MONEY SURE, BUT HIS HOTEL ALSO
MAKE MONEY.
SO HE GETS IT COMING AND GOING.
I'M GLAD WE POINT OUT THE HELLER THING, BECAUSE YOU REALLY
HAVE TWO AREAS OF TRUMP HERE.
YOU HAVE THE AREA WHERE HE IS NOT HELPING THEM AND
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND WILL BE ABLE TO HELP
FACILITATE A DEAL BECAUSE LOOK, IF HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS IN THE BILL, HE IS NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HELLER NEEDS
IN THE BILL OR WHAT SUSAN COLIN NEEDS A RAND PAUL OR TED CRUZ.
OFTEN NEEDS THAT WORK AT CROSS PURPOSES.
HE IS NOT GOING TO GET ALL OF THAT BUT THAT IS ONE THING.
IT IS ANOTHER THING TO THEN SPECIFICALLY START
TARGETING VULNERABLE REPUBLICANS ALMOST ON THE ONE OVER THIS
BILL POTENTIALLY PACING THEM OFTEN USING LOSING THEIR
SUPPORT AS WELL.
YOU MIGHT DO THAT IF YOU HAVE TO TWIST ARMS, BUT I THINK WHAT
MCCONNELL IS SAYING TO HIM IS HEY, DONNIE BOY, WE'RE GOING TO
LET A COUPLE OF THE VULNERABLE REPUBLICANS VOTE AGAINST THE
BILL, VERY LIKELY SUSAN COLLINS AND DEAN HELLER SO THAT THEY CAN
PRETEND TO BE AGAINST THE BILL SO THEY CAN WIN THEIR
ELECTION BUT MEANWHILE, WE PASS ANYWAY.
THAT IS A VERY COMMON POLITICAL MOVE BUT TRY EXPLAINING
THAT TO A THREE-YEAR-OLD.
WHEN HE GOES OKAY NOW, GOOGLE, THEN GAGA, GOOGLE GAGA, OKAY.
WHAT DO I GET JUICE?
DEAL.